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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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How to update docker-compose version on windows 10

I have docker and docker toolbox installed on Win10 machine. docker -v Docker version 18.06.0-ce, build 0ffa825 docker-compose -v docker-compose version 1.22.0, build f46880fe My docker version is up-to-date but the composer is not. Any idea how…
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Keep getting Could not read CA certificate when trying to start docker

I am attempting to migrate from boot2docker to docker-machine. I followed the directions here to install docker but I keep getting the following message: Could not read CA certificate…
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Docker-machine - IP address conflict

Here are my environment: Windows 7 64 bit Docker for windows When I create new machine, I encounter the IP address conflict: And the console is stuck at phase starting VM Creating VirtualBox VM... Creating SSH key... Starting VirtualBox VM...…
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How to import a database into a Docker container using docker-compose

I am working with the official WordPress Docker image with docker-compose on my Mac (using boot2docker). I need to do a one-off data import. I'm not sure how to do this. How can I import data to the database container? wordpress: image: wordpress …
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Docker mongodb share volume with mac os x

I try to use the mongodb official docker image on mac os x 10.10.2 with this command inside mac terminal : docker run -v /Users/john/data/db:/data/db -p 27017:27017 mongo --smallfiles But it exits with this error log : 2015-04-11T10:53:19.709+0000…
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Within Docker VM, Gulp-Watch Seems to not work well on volumes hosted from the host OS

So I have a setup, probably as most people have, where their app code is mounted into a Docker container through a separate volume. The problem is that if I run gulp, and specifically gulp-watch, to watch for file modifications etc. within docker,…
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Can not pull docker image from private repo when using Minikube

I am attempting to use Minikube for local kubernetes development. I have set up my docker environment to use the docker daemon running in the provided Minikube VM (boot2docker) as suggested: eval $(minikube docker-env) It sets up these environment…
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How to forward all ports in docker container

Consider: docker run -p 5000:5000 -v /host/:/host appimage it forwards 5000 to 50000 even in multiple: docker run -p 5000:5000 -p 5001:5001 -v /host/:/host appimage What I want to know is: docker run -p allports:allports is there any command…
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Docker push takes a really long time

I have a deployment setup with Docker that works as follows: Build an image on my dev machine via a Dockerfile Push the image to a registry (I tried both Docker Hub and Quay.io) Pull this image to the deployment server, and restart the…
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Docker: Build your own image issue

I'm discovering docker and I followed the getting started section in the official website. However I'm getting stuck in the "Build your own image" section link in the step 2 when you are asked to build a new image from a docker file. I'm working on…
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How to connect two docker containers through localhost?

I have two services running in separate containers, one is grunt(application) and runs off port 9000 and the other is sails.js (server) which runs off port 1337. What I want to try to do is have the client app connect with the server through…
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Boot2Docker on Mac - Accessing Local Files

I've just set up boot2docker on my Mac. How do I go about mounting a local directory on my Mac so that it's accessible all the way through to a running Docker container? Thanks for your help!
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Using docker during the development workflow

I'm using boot2docker on OS X and cloned the following repo: https://github.com/enokd/docker-node-hello It basically has a Dockerfile and a very simple express app that prints hello world. Everything runs great when I build and run the image, but…
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Docker-Compose Issue with container name

I have created a docker image with required packages. I have run the docker image specifying the host and guest port along with the required volume mounting Example: sudo docker run -it --name CONTAINERNAME -v /host:/guest…
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Docker toolbox: Is there a way to mount other folders than from "C:\Users" Windows?

I installed Docker toolbox 1.8.3 using VirtualBox 5.0.6 on Windows 7. The default virtual machine created during startup of Docker Quickstart Terminal has one defined shared folder for c:\Users. Is it possible to persistently add other shared…
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