Docker: How to access files from another container from a given container?

Question

Basically I have a main directory and Books Directory (General file structure, there\'s more but these are the important pieces). So when I fire a request from main to booksServ

Answer 1

You can create one common datavolume and attached your containers with the datavolume

Here is the step to create a datavolume,

Step 1 : docker volume create --name storageOne You can give any name instead of storageOne

Step 2 : Now you need to attach that volume with the container using docker run -ti --name=myContainer -v storageOne:/storageOne ubuntu command

Step 3 : Copy or create your required file in that datavolume

Step 4 : Now Create an another Container using docker run -ti --name=myContainer2 --volumes-from MyContainer ubuntu command

Step 5 : Restart your myStorage container

So whatever files are available in myStorage will be shareable between attached container.

May be this will help you