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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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Trying to run Docker resulted in exit code 127

I am trying to run a certain application in windows that uses docker. Since the application is a shell script, I use the cygwin terminal. As am new to docker, I dont have a clear Idea as to how it works. Using boot2docker, I have a docker terminal…
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pushing docker image to dockerhub

I ve created my own docker file ( that runs a shell script which prints "helloworld"). The image is "hellodocker" and the tag is "mytag" I now have: bash-3.2$ docker images REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED …
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Error response from daemon: Container CONTAINER_NAME is not running

I have a docker image dajobe/hbase and its been built from Ubuntu. I created a container of this image and named it hb. $ docker run -d --name hb dajobe/hbase e1f68ff8b3b6c5e474426e2566f8c087d6a785fc5eeb58cd2aeb86176068651d I then started the…
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How to persist changes in boot2docker

I'm fairly new to Docker and has stumbled on a problem that I have been unable to figure out any solutions to. I'm on a Mac so I have to use Boot2Docker as my environment. I do all my stuff inside the VM using boot2docker ssh to mimic a "real"…
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Dockerfile CMD not running at container start

So i've written a Dockerfile for a project, i've defined a CMD to run on starting the container to bootstrap the application. The Dockerfile looks like # create our mount folders and volumes ENV MOUNTED_VOLUME_DIR=sites RUN mkdir…
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why I can't ping my docker container?

I run a docker container, which is named "redis". I want to use the "redis" container redis service, but I can't ping the container! As the picture shows, my "redis" container is IP address is 172.17.0.15, but I can't connect to it. I want to use…
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Docker Node JS Installation

I am brand new to docker and I am attempting to follow the node js tutorial that they have listed: https://docs.docker.com/examples/nodejs_web_app/ I follow this tutorial and everything seems to work great until the test portion and I can't curl to…
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Using private registry hosted on docker

I'm hosting my own docker-registry in a docker container. It's fronted by nginx running in a separate container to add basic auth. Checking the _ping routes I can see that nginx is routing appropriately. When calling docker login from boot2docker…
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How to get ssh connection with docker container on OSX(boot2docker)

I use docker on OSX with boot2docker. I want to get an Ssh connection from my terminal into a running container. But I can't do this :( I think it's because Docker is running in a virtual machine.
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Mount volume to host

I am currently using Boot2Docker on Windows. Is it possible to mount root to host? Say that I'm using an Ubuntu image and I would like to mount / to the host. How can I do so? I've been looking around and trying: docker run -v /c/Users/ubuntu:/…
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Docker Compose circular container linking

I'm in the process of attempting to containerize our development environment with docker. This includes a mix of Google Appengine projects as well as services that are being eventually hosted in Google Compute engine within a containerized vm. Our…
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inotifywait in docker-container doesn't register changes

I have a script running inside a docker-container which listens for changes in a directory via inotifywait. The directory is mounted to the host-system via docker -v. For some reason, inotifywait doesn't get triggered when files inside this…
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How do I display output from Python application running inside Docker container?

So, I've got some Python code running inside a Docker container. I started up my local env using Google's gcloud script. I'm seeing basic access style logs and health check info, but I'm not sure how I can pass through log messages I'm writing from…
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Docker image for Windows

Has any one tried building a docker image for Windows (7.1/8)? The closest answer available for me is from ScottGu's Blog. See here http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/docker-and-microsoft-integrating-docker-with-windows-server-and-microsoft-azure But I…
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interactive docker build from dockerfile?

I want to use a Dockerfile to build an image. However, commands will need user input as they run. Currently, the build is not successful because docker exits on user input. I know I can use the -i -t options on docker run command but I want to do…
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