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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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Docker add warfile to official Tomcat image

I pulled official Docker image for Tomcat by running this command. docker run -it --rm tomcat:8.0 By using this as base image I need to build new image that contains my war file in the tomcat webapps folder. I created Dockerfile like this. From…
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How to copy data from docker volume to host?

I have created a docker volume "hello" and it contains some data . How can I copy the data to host ? First : kerydeMacBook-Pro:~ hu$ docker volume create --name hello hello checking : kerydeMacBook-Pro:~ hu$ docker volume ls DRIVER …
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Docker: go get from a private GitHub repo

I'm trying to run a container that will expose a golang service from a package that I have on a private GitHub repo. Since I am working with GCE, my starter image is google/debian:wheezy. After installing all the required dependancies and tools, I…
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Docker build: read-only file system

I'm using a Dockerfile to build my image and I have a command in there that says: RUN sysctl -w net.ipv4.route.flush=1 but it fails to build the image with the following error: Step 20 : RUN sysctl -w net.ipv4.route.flush=1 ---> Running in…
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Giving a docker container a routable ip address

I am running this on ubuntu 14.04 and have set docker0 to a static ip which is then routed to from the public ip through the firewall. I am trying to set up my backend API to run in a docker container and am confused by a couple things. 1.) How…
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boot2docker startup script to mount local shared folder with host

I'm running boot2docker 1.3 on Win7. I want to connect a shared folder. In the VirtualBox Manager under the image properties->shared folders I've added the folder I've want and named it "c/shared". The "auto-mount" and "make permanent" boxes are…
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How can I debug my docker container with phpStorm

Under the following IP my Container run successful in my Webbrowser http://192.168.99.100:32775 I have also create a volume to share files between my container and my filesystem docker run --name lampf -d -p 32775:80 -v…
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OSX boot2docker hangs on "Waiting for VM and Docker daemon to start …"

I've installed boot2docker on OSX 10.8.5 and it seems that the installation went fine, but when I try to launch boot2docker I get the following, which hangs indefinitely: $ /usr/local/bin/boot2docker up Waiting for VM and Docker daemon to…
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How copy/paste text on BootToDocker console

I use Docker on Windows 8.1 and I would like know how I can copy/paste a simple text inside the Boot2Docker console please, I have try ctrl+v and right-click but don't work. Thanks.
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How to assign a name to running container in docker?

I have created container from particular image using command: $ docker run -d -P selenium/hub running container status is below: $ docker ps CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS …
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Move boot2docker and .docker folder in other drive

I'm new in docker. I have installed docker in windows in the D drive but the Boot2docker VM is in the user folder in the C drive. I dont have enough space in the C and the boot2docker is growing when i pull softwares from the docker hub. So I want…
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Cannot get docker-machine to work with virtualbox when using Cisco VPN AnyConnect

When I use Cisco VPN Anyconnect to join to my corporate network, I cannot get docker-machine to connect to my virtualbox VM. It has something to do with Cisco Anyconnect taking over all 192.168.. routes. I also tried using a totally different cidr…
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boot2docker on windows missing apt-get / package manager

I'm in boot2docker. I'm not entirely sure I understand it completely, but it seems to be needed for a project I'm on. I've ssh'd in, and I tried to do a make on our project, but I got make: not found Then I tried a: apt-get install make And…
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Docker: Error response from daemon: rpc error: code = 2 desc = "oci runtime error: exec format error"

I wrote the following docker file FROM cloudera/quickstart MAINTAINER abhishek "http://www.foobar.com" ADD ./SparkIntegrationTestsAssembly.jar / ADD ./entrypoint.sh / ADD ./twitter.avro / EXPOSE 8020 50070 50010 50020 50075 8030 8031 8032 8033…
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Specifying superuser PostgreSQL password for a Docker Container

When running a PostgreSQL database in a Docker container, the documentation for the official PostgreSQL Docker Image specifies that the administrator password should be set in an environmental variable like: docker run --name some-postgres -e…
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