How to Run Docker Container and Mount Windows Directory

Introduction

This article is showing how to run a new docker container. Not only running a docker container but also mounting a directory exist in Microsoft Windows. By mounting that directory, it will be available for further access and execution in the operating system exist in the docker container. Before it is possible for running the docker container, just check the image first by typing the following command :

C:\Users\Administrator>docker image list
REPOSITORY                             TAG       IMAGE ID       CREATED        SIZE
                                     0f55d0a99324   7 days ago     231MB
registry                               latest    b8604a3fe854   11 days ago    26.2MB
bash                                   latest    bacfc038bc2c   11 days ago    12.9MB
hub.docker.local:5000/centos_sinergi   latest    5d0da3dc9764   2 months ago   231MB
centos                                 latest    5d0da3dc9764   2 months ago   231MB
C:\Users\Administrator>

Using the image exist or available above, just execute a command to run a new docker container. That new docker container will use the image exist or available as in the previous output command execution.

Run Docker Container

After displaying the docker image available as in the previous part, just execute a specific command to run a new docker container. Moreover, it is a docker container which has its specific folder mounted to the host or local machine. In this context, the host or the local machine which the docker container run is using Microsoft Windows. That specific folder which is mounted in this article will be the nginx root document folder. It is using ‘/var/www’ where the mounted folder in Microsoft Windows is in ‘C:\django\web\project’. So, the command execution to achieve it exist as follows :

C:\django\web\project>docker run -it --mount "type=bind,source=C:\\django\\web\\project,target=/var/www" centos bash
[root@0bf86c236317 /]# cd /var/www/
[root@0bf86c236317 www]# ls
CHANGELOG.md  LICENSE.md  README.md  apps  db.sqlite3          gunicorn-cfg.py  media       navigator     requirements.txt  sinergi
Dockerfile    Procfile    app.yaml   core  docker-compose.yml  manage.py        models2.py  package.json  runtime.txt       staticfiles
[root@0bf86c236317 www]#