How to mount a directory in the docker container to the host?

Question

It\'s quite easy to mount a host directory in the docker container.

But I need the other way around.

I use a docker container as a development environment fo

Answer 1

It's possible to do if you use volume instead of filesystem path. It's created for you automatically, if it already doesn't exist.

docker run -d -v usr_share_wordpress:/usr/share/wordpress --name your_container ... image

After you stop or remove your container, your volume will be stored on your filesystem with files from container.

You can inspect volume content during lifetime of your_container with busybox image. Something like:

docker run -it --rm --volumes-from your_container busybox sh

After shutdown of your_container you can still check volume with:

docker run -it --rm -v usr_share_wordpress:/usr/share/wordpress busybox sh

List volumes with docker volume ls.