Questions tagged [boot2docker]

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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boot2docker mount windows share

I am running boot2docker on windows and I am trying to access a shared folder on my host from the VM. I have executed the following sudo mkdir /mnt/docktest sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.24.75/dock /mnt/docktest -o user=username mount:…
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Jenkins Docker plugin is not showing the Tag-on-completion checkbox

I am using the Jenkins Docker Plugin. I am supposed to see the Tag-on-completion checkbox with so that the images will be retained in docker. Reference: https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Docker+Plugin However in my Jenkins, do not see the…
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Docker integration in OpenShift

I came to know about Docker concept which seems very interesting. I have installed Docker on my windows machine using boot2docker, which works as expected. I have seen many blogs which talks about docker support in OpenShift, wanted to know how well…
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ENTRYPOINT & CMD commands with mongod results in unknown option error

I am using multiple Dockerfiles to setup my server infrastructure. One of the Dockerfiles I build is a MongoDB server which will be linked to a running web server application in a later step. Currently, I have the problem when running the MongoDB…
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Use last container name as default in docker client

docker client for docker ps has very useful flag -l which shows container information which was run recently. However all other docker commands requires providing either CONTAINER ID or NAME. Is there any nice trick which would allow to call: docker…
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Unable to install packages using Docker on Mac

This morning I've started playing with Docker, so installed boot2docker on my Mac. All seemed to be going well, following the Working with Docker Images documentation until I tried to create a Dockerfile to install the ruby gems. I spent a long time…
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deploying nodejs on docker

I am trying my hands on deploying a sample node js application to docker. I am following the tutorial from http://oskarhane.com/create-a-nodejs-docker-io-image/. In the tutorial , there is step 4: where the author asks to modify the app.js with the…
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docker run command output

I am just learning the basic basic docker commands by setting up in Ubuntu . By running the following command : $sudo docker run -i -t tutum/hello-world /bin/bash I get the output as : root@1035h04e176:/# I dint understand whats going on here. I…
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How to make docker instance accessible from the outside network

Thanks for reading the post. I have a windows7 host, on which I have a boot2docker installed. And via the boot2docker, I created a docker jenkins container. Now, on my windows7 machine, I am able to access the jenkins page by hitting the url…
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how to call service which is running inside docker container from my localhost ? in windows machine

Here it is my Dockerfile Dockerfile: FROM openjdk:8 ADD target/demo.jar demo.jar EXPOSE 8080 ENTRYPOINT ["java","-jar","demo.jar"] It is running inside the docker container. when i run curl -v http://192.168.99.100:8080 in the docker window, It…
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Docker network: Fail to adress containers by name on a multihost network

I have 3 hosts running has a swarm cluster, with an overlay network over it using docker 1.11 Machines are started using boot2docker and virtualbox: docker-machine create -d virtualbox af-consul docker run -d -p "8500:8500" -h "consul"…
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Error response from daemon: client and server don't have same version docker 1.17

What is the right docker version for the server <1.17>? The version 1.7.0 is 1.19
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Add 3rd party library to Google Cloud Virtual Machine

I want to setup a Virtual Machine on Google Cloud Platform and use a third party library. I've followed the instruction here to set everything up in python, but I'm not sure how to proceed. I would like to add this library. What would be the right…
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Docker saving data

I run a container and, say, install vim. I exit out of the container. I would then like to re-run the container and have still have vim installed. Is there a way to do this, because every time I restart a container vim is never there.
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Docker/Boot2Docker: How to run multiple instances of a same container without port forwarding?

I have a container that listens to port 8080. I want to spin up 3 instances of the same container on the same host without having to do port forwarding. I want to access each of the instances using a unique IP. I am running Docker via Boot2Docker…
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