Reputation: 13645
Where are docker images stored physically on macos?
The following shows a few locations. https://forums.docker.com/t/where-are-images-stored-on-mac-os-x/17165/4
But I don't see which file correponses to which image. Could anybody show me how to figure out the physical location of each image? Thanks.
$ docker ps -a
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
a06b2d5530d4 gcc:4.9 "bash" 3 days ago Up 3 days awesome_northcutt
99bfd1b8c105 ubuntu "bash" 3 days ago Exited (0) 3 days ago heuristic_clarke
16a89b2caa3c ubuntu "/bin/bash" 3 days ago Exited (0) 3 days ago xenodochial_lamarr
3137d54a035d ubuntu "bash" 8 days ago Exited (0) 8 days ago eager_napier
60714fa75fc4 hello-world "/hello" 8 days ago Exited (0) 8 days ago zen_pare
a78b73509455 hello-world "/hello" 8 days ago Exited (0) 8 days ago adoring_visvesvaraya
b5ea8abe5858 hello-world "/hello" 8 days ago Exited (0) 8 days ago brave_tesla
$ cd $HOME/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/
$ ls -Rg
.:
total 0
srwxr-xr-x 1 staff 0 Jan 2 19:44 backend.sock
drwxr-xr-x 3 staff 96 Feb 16 2018 database
srwxr-xr-x 1 staff 0 Jan 2 19:44 docker.sock
srwxr-xr-x 1 staff 0 Jan 2 19:44 osxfs.sock
-rw-r--r-- 1 staff 0 Feb 16 2018 task.lock
drwxr-xr-x 6 staff 192 Jan 2 19:44 tasks
drwxr-xr-x 3 staff 96 Jan 2 19:44 vms
srwxr-xr-x 1 staff 0 Jan 2 19:44 vpnkit.diag.sock
srwxr-xr-x 1 staff 0 Jan 2 19:44 vpnkit.eth.sock
srwxr-xr-x 1 staff 0 Jan 2 19:44 vpnkit.pcap.sock
srwxr-xr-x 1 staff 0 Jan 2 19:44 vpnkit.port.sock
./database:
total 0
./tasks:
total 16
-rw-r--r-- 1 staff 235 Jan 2 19:44 com.docker.driver.amd64-linux
-rw-r--r-- 1 staff 1064 Jan 2 19:44 com.docker.hyperkit
-rw-r--r-- 1 staff 343 Jan 2 19:44 com.docker.osxfs
-rw-r--r-- 1 staff 1337 Jan 2 19:44 com.docker.vpnkit
./vms:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 18 staff 576 Jan 2 19:44 0
./vms/0:
total 7712512
srwxr-xr-x 1 staff 0 Jan 2 19:44 00000002.000005f4
srwxr-xr-x 1 staff 0 Jan 2 19:44 00000002.00001000
srwxr-xr-x 1 staff 0 Jan 2 19:44 00000002.00001001
srwxr-xr-x 1 staff 0 Jan 2 19:44 00000002.0000f3a5
srwxr-xr-x 1 staff 0 Jan 2 19:44 00000003.000005f5
srwxr-xr-x 1 staff 0 Jan 2 19:44 00000003.00000948
-rw-r--r-- 1 staff 63999836160 Jan 11 08:55 Docker.raw
-rw-r--r-- 1 staff 192512 Jan 2 19:44 config.iso
srwxr-xr-x 1 staff 0 Jan 2 19:44 connect
lrwxr-xr-x 1 staff 17 Jan 2 19:44 guest.000005f5 -> 00000003.000005f5
lrwxr-xr-x 1 staff 17 Jan 2 19:44 guest.00000948 -> 00000003.00000948
-rw-r--r-- 1 staff 2304 Jan 2 19:44 hyperkit.json
-rw-r--r-- 1 staff 5 Jan 2 19:44 hyperkit.pid
drwxr-xr-x 2 staff 64 Jan 2 19:44 log
-rw-r--r-- 1 staff 36 Jan 2 19:44 nic1.uuid
lrwxr-xr-x 1 staff 12 Jan 2 19:44 tty -> /dev/ttys184
./vms/0/log:
total 0
Upvotes: 8
Views: 12565
Answers (2)
Reputation: 19
screen ~/Library/Containers//com.docker.docker/Data/vms/0/tty
This command should take you to the required file system of docker on MAC
Upvotes: 1
Reputation: 3050
Docker does not run natively a Mac because the macOS kernel isn’t compatible (i.e., BSD vs Linux). Docker is actually running in a virtual machine using HyperKit.
And the Docker.raw you listed above is the virtual disk of this virtual machine.
All the docker image is stored inside the virtual machine (in the Docker.raw file), so you can not see them on the Mac filesystem.
Upvotes: 19
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