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Thoran
Thoran

Reputation: 9480

What is a simple workflow to use docker in Windows with a basic file sharing possibility?

For the sake of simplicity, use ubuntu image as an example.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 70

Answers (2)

David Hatton
David Hatton

Reputation: 347

I often find it easier to use docker-compose, particularly if there's a high chance I'll want to both mount-volumes and link the container to another container at some point in the future.

  1. Create a folder for working in, say "ubuntu".
  2. In the "ubuntu" folder, create another folder called "files"

  3. Create a file in that folder called "docker-compose.yml". In this file, enter:

    ubuntucontainer:
    image: "ubuntu:latest"
    ports: 
        - "80:80"
    volumes:
        - ./files:/files

  4. Whenever you need to start the box, navigate to "ubuntu" and type docker-compose up. To stop again, use docker-compose stop.

The advantage of using docker compose is that if you ever want to link-up a database container this can be done easily by adding another container to the yaml file, and then in the ubuntucontainer container adding a links section.

Not to mention, docker-compose up is quite minimal on the typing.

(Also, forwarding the ports with 80:80 may not be strictly necessary, it depends on what you want the box to do.)

Upvotes: 2

Thoran
Thoran

Reputation: 9480

TL;DR version:

  1. Open Docker Quickstart Terminal. If it is already open, run $ cd ~
  2. Run this once: $ docker run -it -v /$(pwd)/ubuntu:/windows --name ubu ubuntu
  3. To start every time: $ docker start -i ubu

You will get an empty folder named ubuntu in your Windows user directory. You will see this folder with the name windows in your ubuntu container.

Explanation:

  1. cd ~ is for making sure you are in Windows user directory.
  2. -it stands for interactive, so you can interact with the container in the terminal environment. -v host_folder:container_folder enables sharing a folder between the host and the container. The host folder should be inside the Windows user folder. /$(pwd) translates to //c/Users/YOUR_USER_DIR in Windows 10. --name ubu assigns the name ubu to the container.
  3. -i stands for interactive

Upvotes: 1

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