How to mount a host directory in a Docker container

Question

Hi Guys,

I have one directory in the local system. I want to mount the directory to Docker container. How to do that?

Answer 1

Hi@akhtar,

You can use the -v option in your docker run command. This facility is not available via Dockerfile.

$ docker run -t -i -v <host_dir>:<container_dir> ubuntu /bin/bash

To do with Dockerfile, you can use the ADD keyword in your script.

ADD . /path/inside/docker/container