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boot2docker is a lightweight Linux distribution based on Tiny Core Linux made specifically to run Docker containers. It runs completely from RAM, weighs approximately 27 MB and boots in approximately 5 seconds (your mileage may vary).

boot2docker is a lightweight distribution based on Tiny Core Linux made specifically to run containers on Windows and OS X systems. Boot2docker enables Windows and OS X users to easily create lightweight, portable, self-sufficient containers running Unix processes.

Download and Install

Boot2docker is an open-source project and can be downloaded from http://boot2docker.io/.

Instructions for use

Detailed instructions for using boot2docker can be found at https://github.com/boot2docker/boot2docker.

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Obtaining the ip address of a docker container

I have a ubuntu machine which is a VM where I have installed docker in it. I am using this machine from my local windows machine and doing ssh , opening the terminal to the ubuntu machine. Now , I am going to take a docker image which contains all…
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Error getting IP address: Something went wrong running an SSH command! command

While Starting docker terminal below error populating, how to fix this Error getting IP address: Something went wrong running an SSH command! command : ip addr show dev eth1 err : exit status 255 output : docker is configured to use the…
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Named pipes in docker container folder mounted to mac os x file system through boot2docker

I'm working on wrapping some scientific software by docker image using boot2docker on Mac OS X. And that software (https://github.com/voutcn/megahit.git) is using named pipes (in python code, but it's not important) to wire different parts (written…
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How can I update DOCKER_OPTS in docker-machine permanently

After update to docker-machine, I have no idea how to update DOCKER_OPTS in a local boot2docker docker-machine and save it permanently $ docker-machine ls NAME ACTIVE DRIVER STATE URL SWARM dev * …
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How to install gulp on a docker with docker-compose

I am using docker compose and this is my yaml file web: dockerfile: Dockerfile-dev build: . command: gulp volumes: - .:/app ports: - '9001:9001' and here is my docker file FROM node:0.12.7 RUN npm install -g bower gulp ADD .…
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Docker error dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: no such file or directory

I use to have boot2docker installed but recently installed the Docker ToolBox app for the Mac (running 10.11). When I open up iTerm and type docker ps I get the following message. Get http:///var/run/docker.sock/v1.20/containers/json: dial unix…
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Build container with docker-compose, but run /etc/bash with -it option later?

I'm using docker-compose for development. During the process, I often need to build 5 containers (1 for web-server and 4 for postgres, redis, mongo, etc.). The web server container is configured to include links for other containers, it has it's own…
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Unable to connect to tomcat running in Docker (Connection refused)

I am very new to Docker, and I am trying to run the default tomcat image. I see that the container is running, but when I try to hit it from my web browser, I get "CONNECTION REFUSED". What is going on here? Details I have the Docker Toolbox…
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Update & Upgrade Docker distribution on Windows

At the moment I've got Docker v.1.7 and I'd want to upgrade it to latest (1.8 at the moment). Important part: I want to do this without installing Docker and boot2docker again. I wasn't able to find any info about it. Is it possible? And how can I…
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Docker: how to fix "Layer already being pulled by another client. Waiting"

I have a fresh install using boot2docker. (DockerToolbox was giving me the same error. After uninstalling DockerToolbox, I deleted ~/.docker and searched my whole filesystem for anything starting with "docker" and found no other configuration…
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Node http-proxy in Docker container

I have the following code that works great in my local environment. However, when I try to run the same code from a Docker container (via Boot2Docker), I simply cannot get to https://[boot2docker_ip]:4000 I tried updating the target value in the…
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How to customize virtualbox configuration using docker-machine?

I am playing with docker-machine on my rough machine where I generally play with new things. I create a docker machine using the following command docker-machine create --driver virtualbox dockerinwild and configure docker client to work with…
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unreadable zsh shell and backspace not work on zsh shell on Docker

I used the FROM rails:onbuild image You can see the wrong/unreadable encoding here When I type backspace after test, it didn't work, it appended spaces on the shell Here's the environment variables , any ideas for the bug…
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Docker Compose and execute command on starting container

I am trying to get my head around the COMMAND option in docker compose. In my current docker-compose.yml i start the prosody docker image (https://github.com/prosody/prosody-docker) and i want to create a list of users when the container is actually…
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How do I make docker-compose on OS X work with a Play app?

I am trying to run a Dockerized Play app on OS X via docker-compose 1.1.0/boot2docker 1.5.0. However, it doesn't really, well, play (pardon the pun)... The problem is that the app must run with a pseudo TTY (provided by Docker), and this makes…
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