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Asef Pourmasoomi
Asef Pourmasoomi

Reputation: 514

I can not access to mount directory from Django when using docker

I run Django in docker and I want to read a file from host. I mount a path in host to container using following command in my docker-compose file:

volumes:     
      - /path/on/host/sharedV:/var/www/project/src/shV

Then I execute mongodump and export a collection into sharedV on host. After that, I inspect web container and go to the shV directory in container and I can see the backup file. However, when I run os.listdir(path) in django, the result is empty list. In the other word, I can access to sharedV directory in Django but I can not see its contents! Here is the Mount part of container inspect:

"Mounts": [           
            {
                "Type": "bind",
                "Source": "/path/on/host/sharedV",
                "Destination": "/var/www/project/src/shV",
                "Mode": "rw",
                "RW": true,
                "Propagation": "rprivate"
            }
        ]

Is there any idea that how can I access to host from a running container?

thanks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1109

Answers (1)

khanadnanxyz
khanadnanxyz

Reputation: 46

This works for me, Tying to give you a perception Project Tree

.
├── app
│   ├── dir
│   ├── file.txt
│   └── main.py
├── dir
│   └── demo.txt
├── docker-compose.yml
└── Dockerfile

Dockerfile

# Dockerfile
FROM python:3.7-buster
RUN mkdir -p /app
WORKDIR /app
        
RUN useradd appuser && chown -R appuser /app
USER appuser
        
CMD [ "python", "./main.py" ]

docker-compose

version: '2'

services:
  api:
    build:
      context: .
      dockerfile: Dockerfile
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - ./app:/app/
      - ./dir:/app/dir

main.py

if __name__ == '__main__':
    path = './dir'
    dir = os.listdir(path)
    print(f'Hello', dir)

Prints

Hello ['demo.txt']

Upvotes: 1

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