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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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Shared folder in Docker. With Windows. Not only "C/user/" path

I'm new to Docker, I come from Vagrant. I'm using Docker (1.9.1) inside my "D:/Works/something/DockerFirstTime" folder. Now I create the machine with docker-machine create first and simple Dockerfile: FROM ruby:2.2-onbuild and simple Gemfile: source…
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can i use boot2docker in production ? CoreOS Vs boot2docker

If not why boot2docker cannot be used in production ? what is the thing, coreOS brings that boot2docker doesn't have ?
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Windows + Boot2Docker, How to add D:\ drive to be accessible from within docker?

Basically, when you open boot2docker app, inside it you can cd /c/Users, right? Now I want to be able to cd /d to access my D:\ directory. I don't know squat about VM so please explain like you would to a 5-years old. This is in a way related to…
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Ubuntu based docker-machine image

Is there a possibility to simply create a docker-machine that is non-boot2docker based (i.e., Ubuntu based) (which uses virtualbox driver)? I would like to have full-featured Linux distro running the docker daemon on my mac instead of Tiny Core…
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Docker Toolbox SSH Login

I update my boot2docker to DockerToolbox. Now I try to connect to my database with Sequal Pro (MySQL Client) but my ssh Login to my VM fails with the following username and password: IP: 192.168.99.100 User: docker Password: tcuser How can I find…
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How to increase the swap space available in the boot2docker virtual machine?

I would like to run a docker container that requires a lot of memory on a machine that doesn't have much RAM. I have been trying to increase the swap space available for the container to no avail. Here is the last command I tried: docker run -d -m…
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Using shell commands with boot2docker

I have created a boot2docker VirtualBox instance, I can SSH into it OK but then when I try and run any commands such as bash I get -sh: bash: not found Pretty sure I'm missing something really simple but can't see what. Looking in /bin it doesn't…
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Boot2Docker - Access webserver as localhost

Created a apache webserver as Docker container but want to access it on windows os browser as localhost. I can access the webserver with boot2docker private ip address which is 192.168.59.103 but would like to access the webserver as localhost i.e…
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What does -c mean as an argument to bash?

docker run -d ubuntu:14.04 /bin/bash -c "while true; do echo hello world;done" docker run -d ubuntu:14.04 /bin/bash "while true; do echo hello world; done" I tried both. In case 2, the container stopped immediately. So docker ps returns…
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Installing a web application in a Docker container: dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: no such file or directory

I'm trying to install a web application in a Docker container. I'm using OS X Yosemite version 10.10.1 I've been following the tutorial on Dockerizing a Node.js Web App here: https://docs.docker.com/examples/nodejs_web_app/ I downloaded and set up…
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Docker on Mac behind proxy that changes ssl certificate

My eventual workaround for the issue below was to convince our IT guys not to man-in-the-middle the dockerhub registry. I was not able to get anything else to work, alas. I am running into a problem with my initial attempt to get Docker running on…
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How to use gcloud preview app run without boot2docker?

I'm trying to run a Dart app on my machine, to be eventually deployed on Google App Engine. I've followed the instructions found on this page https://www.dartlang.org/cloud/ The difference is I already have a local docker daemon running, which I'd…
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Docker + Nodejs + Private Repo + Private NPM Module - Access Problems

I am in process of setting up the the deployment of a Node.js Service with Docker. The Dockerfile I have is pieced together from various examples from around the net. The directory for the Dockerfile includes: Dockerfile id_rsa start.sh This is…
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Boot2Docker (1.3.0) stop starting. Now getting: "Error requesting socket: exit status 255"

When I run: $ boot2docker start I get: Waiting for VM and Docker daemon to start... ................. Started. Trying to get Docker socket one more time Error requesting socket: exit status 255 Auto detection of the VM's Docker socket…
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How do I dockerize an existing application...the basics

I am using windows and have boot2docker installed. I've downloaded images from docker hub and run basic commands. BUT How do I take an existing application sitting on my local machine (lets just say it has one file index.php, for simplicity). How…
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