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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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Dockerfile creation and building image

I am new to docker. I have installed docker using Boot2docker on my windows. But I do not have clear idea how to deploy simple java web app in docker. I have gone through the net and came to know that from docker file create build an image and run…
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How to make docker container to be accessed only in intranet

I want to run a docker container in my server, and expose a specific port to other server in the same intranet. But I don't want my container can be accessed by internet outside. Is there any solution for my situation? Any help will be appreciated.
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Docker External File Access Not in /Users/ on OSX

So, despite Docker 1.3 now allowing easy access to external storage on OSX through boot2docker for files in /Users/, I still need to access files not in /Users/. I have a settings file in /etc/settings/ that I'd like my container to have access to.…
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Docker pull not getting image tagnames

I'm running docker with boot2docker on OS X 10.10. I'm following the main tutorial and doing a docker pull ubuntu It gets the image okay, however when I then do docker images it only lists ubuntu:latest REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE…
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Boot2docker : image don't save

I'm starting to play with docker on my PC (windows 7) so I'm using Boot2Docker, but when I stop the VM all my work are remove. My questions are: Why ? How to solve this problems ?
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Virtual Box on Windows while using Docker

The following documentation says: "Docker is installed and running inside of your local Native Apps Virtual Machine in Virtual Box" My Questions: Question 1:I am using Windows 7, so is it like when I installed the Docker on my windows machine, there…
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Can't run any docker commands - timeout

I am sure that this is probably extremely stupid, and I am probably overlooking something, but I cannot run the docker command. For example when I run docker info I get (replaced some numbers with x) Get https://192.16x.5x.1x3:2376/v1.15/version:…
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Docker PHP / Apache Container - Sendmail 553 Error "Domain of Sender Address does not exist" when trying to send mail

I'm having trouble sending e-mail on my PHP/Apache docker container via sendmail. I'm wondering if someone has a simple, straight forward solution. I am not a systems/server expert by any far stretch and my smtp/sendmail expertise is equally…
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Mariadb-10.0 install fails in boot2docker with "policy-rc.d denied execution" but works in Docker

I'm trying to setup a Vagrant + Docker based development environment on OS X 10.9. The first step is to create a container for MariaDB 10. However, for some reason, the Docker image won't build in the boot2docker VM on my OS X machine even though it…
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Symfony2 app slow response on MacOS & Boot2Docker

I have a slightly big Symfony app, which I was running on Docker by adding all of the files in the Dockerfile, and run everything from within the container. I was doing this only for testing purposes, but now I wanted to switch the dev environment…
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Error when doing a docker ps

I have Docker installed and it runs fine, but when I have created a container and run it, I want to know the ID of the container, so I do a docker ps. But then I always get this message: Get http:///var/run/docker.sock/v1.15/containers/json: dial…
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is there a way to do bind particular port on host to container port using docker file

is there a way to do bind particular port on host to container port using docker file I have following item in docker file Step 1 : EXPOSE 8090:8080 but when i run docker run, container binds to port 8080 instead of 8090 as described in docker…
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How to build boot2docker.iso from source?

I'm trying to setup Docker on OSX not using the OSX App or Vagrant. I noticed boot2docker now supports the VMWare Guest Additions to mount directories. However the latest version including these changes hasn't been released yet. So how do I build a…
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Boot2docker VM graphics

Boot2docker is a lightweight Linux distribution running in VirtualBox VM. All basic functionality works fine, I am able to use docker containers in MacOS X. However my application requires OpenGL rendering and I cannot get it working. How do I…
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Docker data volumes and scaling in a distributed system

Docker data volumes is living within the host or boot2docker on the local VM(boot2docker). Having big data from mongoDB running in a data container and mongoDB in another seems to be the way. Will this scale on Google Cloud Engine or Azure Virtuel…
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