Boot2Docker on Mac - Accessing Local Files

Question

I\'ve just set up boot2docker on my Mac. How do I go about mounting a local directory on my Mac so that it\'s accessible all the way through to a running Docker container? T

Answer 1

boot2docker with share other than /Users

see https://github.com/boot2docker/boot2docker/issues/678.

Share your folder with the VM:

VBoxManage sharedfolder add boot2docker-vm --name /tmp/Work --hostpath /CODE --automount

Based on info found un bootscript.sh, you know that the VM will run a bootlocal.sh script that is in the /var/lib/boot2docker folder, where data persists.

Add a file /var/lib/boot2docker/bootlocal.sh

#!/bin/sh
# bash is not available!
mkdir -p /CODE
mount -t vboxsf /tmp/Work /CODE

Then chmod +x /var/lib/boot2docker/bootlocal.sh and reboot your boot2docker-vm vm.