Where are Docker images stored on the host machine?

Question

I managed to find the containers under directory /var/lib/docker/containers, but I can\'t find the images.

What are the directories and files under

Answer 1

When using Docker for Mac Application, it appears that the containers are stored within the VM located at:

~/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/com.docker.driver.amd64-linux/Docker.qcow2

UPDATE (Courtesy of mmorin):

As of Jan 15 2019 it seems there is only this file:

~/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/vms/0/Docker.raw

that contains the Docker Disk and all the images and containers within it.

Answer 2

For "Docker Desktop", click on docker system tray icon and click "Settings".

On the Advanced tab, you can see the disk image location.

Answer 3

As answered here, if you're on Mac, it is located at

/Users/MyUserName/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/com.docker.driver.amd64-linux/Docker.qcow2

Answer 4

On Ubuntu you can "play" with images running

sudo baobab /var/lib/docker

Actually, images are stored within /var/lib/docker/aufs/diff

Answer 5

Environment: Windows 10 Pro, docker desktop 2.0.3.0 edge

right-click docker icon in system tray, select settings - advanced :

Disk image location (editable via the browser) :

C:\Users\Public\Documents\Hyper-V\Virtual Hard Disks\DockerDesktop.vhdx

(it's there - Documents directory is hidden)

Answer 6

If anyone need it for scripting purposes, here is a one-line solution.

In POSIX shell, with PCRE enabled grep, try:

DOCKER_ROOT_DIR="$(docker info 2>&1 | grep -oP '(?<=^Docker Root Dir: ).*')"

In PowerShell:

$DOCKER_ROOT_DIR="$(docker info 2>&1 | foreach {if($_ -match "Docker Root Dir"){$_.TrimStart("Docker Root Dir: ")}})"

Note, when on Windows 10 (as of 10.0.18999.1), in default configurations, it returns:

• C:\ProgramData\Docker in "Windows containers" mode
• /var/lib/docker, in "Linux containers" mode