What is the physical location of docker image in ubuntu machine? I am using ubuntu 14.04. a. Distributor ID: Ubuntu b. Description: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS c. Release: 14.04 Codename: trusty
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1Possible duplicate of [Where are docker images stored on the host machine?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19234831/where-are-docker-images-stored-on-the-host-machine) – Nikopol Sep 25 '16 at 21:04
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I tried all the options in mentioned link but didn't solve my problem – rajvineet Sep 25 '16 at 21:11
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Why do you need to know this? – David M. Karr Sep 26 '16 at 14:53
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Not really my requirement, but just curious to know how docker is managing space allocation and other thing intrnally – rajvineet Sep 27 '16 at 13:26
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Docker images aren't stored as one file like you see using docker images.
Docker image layers are stored in /var/lib/docker, there are sub folders of storage drivers. If you run docker info, you should see Storage Driver: aufs, and I'm assuming that your install defaults to aufs.
So your path is going to be /var/lib/docker/aufs/*layerfolders*
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I went to /var/lib/docker/aufs/*layerfolders*. Sub-directory of /var/lib/docker/aufs/ has diff, layes and mnt folder in which diff and mnt has container info anf layer has all files of 1 kb each. And my image sixe is almost 2.4 GB. So, still bot clear about the location. – rajvineet Sep 25 '16 at 21:23
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2Sorry! Don't know how else to help, not exactly sure what you are looking for. You can run a `du -h` on the /var/lib/docker folder to see what is taking up space. You might get more clarity from here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19234831/where-are-docker-images-stored-on-the-host-machine – nucleardreamer Sep 27 '16 at 04:36