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

I had a similar need of exposing the files from container to the host. There is an open issue on this as of today. One of the work-arounds mentioned, using binds, is pretty neat; it works when the container is up and running:

container_root=$(docker inspect --format {{.State.Pid}} "$container_name")/root
sudo bindfs --map=root/"$USER" "$container_root/$app_folder" "$host_folder"

PS: I am not sure this is good for production, but it should work in development scenarios!