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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 within docker, post http error

I am trying to run docker within docker. The sole purpose is experimental, I am by no means trying to implement anything functional, I just want to check how docker performs when it is run from another docker. I start docker through boot2docker om…
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Why does boot2docker ip fail?

I am totally confused with this. I have installed boot2docker on Windows. I started it using boot2docker start icon. It has launched successfully. I tried out all the docker commands like pull attach run etc. Everything works fine. But when i try…
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docker -v and symlinks

I am on a Windows machine trying to create a Dart server. I had success building and image with my files with ADD and running the container. However, it is painful to build an image every time I wan't to test my code so I thought it would be better…
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Docker Rest Apis using node.js

How to run the docker rest apis in the localhost environment using node.js. I need to know the port settings and the urls which will be used on it etc.
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boot2docker command works on shell, but not in script

New to docker here. I have a series of commands which, if fire them off on the shell, work just fine, but if I put them in a script, don't. boot2docker destroy boot2docker init boot2docker start boot2docker ssh & host=$(boot2docker ip 2>…
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Docker: Strider CD dashboard assets broken on installation

System OSX 10.9.5 Docker version 1.4.1, build 5bc2ff8 Image niallo/strider (latest) a51ba391459b Goal Setup a docker instance as per this guide First attempt I followed the guide steps, but when I ran the final image: docker run -d -p 3000:3000 -p…
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Boot2Docker Hazelcast and ulimit

I try to create a development environment for the software we develop. For this I use Docker and Boot2docker because I work on mac (Yosemite). We use Hazelcast in the product, but I am having a problem when I "dockerize" it. At the first connection…
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Stop recently started container in docker?

docker stop lastContainerName It works fine. I want to stop it using docker ps -l command docker stop | docker ps -l I tried this. Unfortunately docker stop --help getting executed. Am i missing something? How to achieve this? Any…
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Cannot get boot2docker port forwarding to work on docker mac os X

Here is what I have tried: My goal: running the prosody XMPP server inside a container, accessed by my (as-yet uncontainerized) local development environment. I installed the prosody XMPP server - this is what I am trying to use as a container for…
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Docker: How does this (not) work?

I am trying to create a docker image which runs an sql server. For this purpose I did the following steps on a Windows machine. Run a mysql container to copy an init file into the virtual machine (not sure whether this step is actually…
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Updating boot2docker to 1.4.0 not taking

I'm trying to update docker/boot2docker using boot2docker download command but upon starting it, it is still running 1.3.2 client (docker --version) bash-3.2$ boot2docker download Latest release for boot2docker/boot2docker is v1.4.0 …
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How to call a container, running on a virtual machine, from a Windows browser?

I have Windows 7 operating system and have set up Docker. Docker starts on the virtual machine. I create some containers on Docker and test them on the command line, for example: curl localhost:9200 Now I want to test this container from a Windows…
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Fix the command prompt when using boot2docker

I'm using boot2docker on OS X. If I open up a "normal" terminal, I get the following command prompt: : $ E.g., when logged in, in my home folder, on my notebook it is: Schneehase:~ golo$ When starting a terminal…
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Access Docker container running on OS X via boot2docker in Windows virtual machine

Overview: Host: Mac OS X running boot2docker and Docker Guest: Windows 7 The Problem: For my web-development I have set up a docker container via boot2docker on OS X. Within OS X I can access my docker services via boot2docker. Running boot2docker…
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compiling docker on win64 using go

C:\Go\src\pkg\github.com\docker\docker>go build # github.com/docker/docker/pkg/system pkg\system\meminfo_unsupported.go:6: undefined: ErrNotSupportedPlatform pkg\system\stat_unsupported.go:7: undefined: syscall.Stat_t …
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