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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 mount a host directory in a Docker container

I am trying to mount a host directory into a Docker container so that any updates done on the host is reflected into the Docker containers. Where am I doing something wrong. Here is what I did: kishore$ cat Dockerfile FROM ubuntu:trusty RUN apt-get…
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What's the difference between Docker Compose vs. Dockerfile

I have been reading up and learning about Docker, and am trying to correctly choose the Django setup to use. So far there is either: Docker Compose or Dockerfile I understand that Dockerfiles are used in Docker Compose, but I am not sure if it is…
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Docker: How to clear the logs properly for a Docker container?

I use docker logs [container-name] to see the logs of a specific container. Is there an elegant way to clear these logs?
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Docker - how can I copy a file from an image to a host?

My question is related to this question on copying files from containers to hosts; I have a Dockerfile that fetches dependencies, compiles a build artifact from source, and runs an executable. I also want to copy the build artifact (in my case it's…
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Docker - image operating system "windows" cannot be used on this platform

I tried this on my Windows 10 machine: Dockerfile: From microsoft/nanoserver CMD ["echo", "Hello World"] PS C:\FSD\Docker\Trial1> docker build -t lea/leatest . Sending build context to Docker daemon 2.048kB Step 1/2 : FROM…
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Docker compose, running containers in net:host

I want to spawn 3 services in the "host" net using docker-compose. Here is my docker-compose.yml file: version: '2' services: mysql: image: mysql net: "host" nginx: image: nginx net: "host" app: image: tomcat net:…
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How can I use a local file on container?

I'm trying create a container to run a program. I'm using a pre configurate image and now I need run the program. However, it's a machine learning program and I need a dataset from my computer to run. The file is too large to be copied to the…
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Can we pass ENV variables through cmd line while building a docker image through dockerfile?

I am working on a task that involves building a docker image with centOs as its base using a Dockerfile . One of the steps inside the dockerfile needs http_proxy and https_proxy ENV variables to be set in order to work behind the proxy. As this…
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How to copy file from host to container using Dockerfile

I have written a Dockerfile which looks like this FROM ubuntu:12.04 RUN apt-get update RUN apt-get install -y wget Now I'm having a file called abc.txt in my host machine. How can I copy it to this container. Is there any step that I can add in…
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What's the right way to set up a development environment on OS X with Docker?

Intro I can't figure out a good way to set up a development environment on OS X using Docker and Boot2Docker. The problem I'm hitting is how to manage the source code so that: I can modify the code on OS X using the tools (text editor, IDE, git,…
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Get the size of a Docker image before a pull?

How does one get the size of a Docker image before they pull it to their machine?
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docker error: /var/run/docker.sock: no such file or directory

I am new to docker. I have a shell script that loads data into impala and I want a docker file that runs builds an image and run the container. I am on mac, installed boot2docker and have the DOCKER_HOST env set up. bash-3.2$ docker info Containers:…
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Docker error: client and server don't have same version

Since I just updated Docker to 1.1.0 I get: Error response from daemon: client and server don't have same version (client : 1.13, server: 1.12) Do you know how to fix this? I switched back to 1.0.1 and everything works again.
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What does the DOCKER_HOST variable do?

I'm new to Docker, using Boot2Docker on OSX. After booting it, this message is given: To connect the Docker client to the Docker daemon, please set export DOCKER_HOST=tcp://192.168.59.103:2375 Yet even without it, basic Docker commands (eg, docker…
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exited with code 0 docker

I'm trying to launch container using docker-compose services.But unfortunetly, container exited whith code 0. Containers is build thanks to a repository which is from a .tar.gz archive. This archive is a Centos VM. I want to create 6 container from…
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