mounting local home directory in Rstudio docker?

Question

I installed rstudio server by running:

docker run -d -p 8787:8787 -e USER='MY_USER' -e PASSWORD='MY_PASSWORD' rocker/hadleyverse

I would like to link (mount?) my local home directory (or a folder) to that docker container. Is that possible? how?

Thanks!

Answer 1

You use -v or --volume to mount directories into a container. For example:

docker run -d \
           -p 8787:8787 \
           -e USER='MY_USER' \
           -e PASSWORD='MY_PASSWORD' \
           -v $HOME:/src \
           rocker/hadleyverse

Now your container will have a folder named /src with the contents of your local home folder.

Answer 2

Use the -v flag:

docker run -d -p 8787:8787 -e USER='MY_USER' -e PASSWORD='MY_PASSWORD' -v $HOME:/data rocker/hadleyverse

Answer 3

Please see the documentation entitled Sharing files with host machine in the wiki.