How to deploy Dockerfile and application files to boot2docker

Question

I\'m just starting to learn Docker, and I\'m trying to get a simple setup with boot2docker on Windows. I could not find in any tutorial or samples online how to make my project

Answer 1

IMHO the best way would be to use scp. As you can ssh, you can use winscp to send the Dockerfile to the VM.

Answer 2

ssh the file into your VM

dockerfile=$(cat LocalDockerfile)
boot2docker ssh "echo '$dockerfile' > Dockerfile"

wrote it up here http://micahasmith.github.io/2014/11/07/copying-files-into-boot2docker/

Answer 3

Not sure if it helps under windows. But for Mac see:

boot2docker together with VirtualBox Guest Additions
How to mount /Users into boot2docker

https://medium.com/boot2docker-lightweight-linux-for-docker/boot2docker-together-with-virtualbox-guest-additions-da1e3ab2465c

tl;dr Build your own custom boot2docker.iso with VirtualBox Guest Additions (see link) or download http://static.dockerfiles.io/boot2docker-v1.0.1-virtualbox-guest-additions-v4.3.12.iso and save it to ~/.boot2docker/boot2docker.iso.

Answer 4

On Boot2Docker change your directory "cd /c" you will be able to see Users folders on Windows. Put the content you wanna share in your prefered Users Folders.

Answer 5

Following your current progress, and presuming your samba container is running, you can find the path to the /data folder on your Boot2docker VM by running:

$ docker inspect <samba_container_id>

This will list the containers configuration details. Near the very bottom you should see:

"Volumes": {

    "/data": "/mnt/sda1/var/lib/docker/vfs/dir/<long_id_here>

That's your boot2docker vm /data path. Simply cd into that folder

$ cd /mnt/sda1/var/lib/docker/vfs/dir/<long_id_here>

From Windows Explorer, Navigate to:

\\192.168.59.103\data

Now you can paste/copy/create some files into that data folder and you should see them populate on your Boot2docker VM at path: /mnt/sda1/var/lib/docker/vfs/dir/<long_folder_id_here>

Answer 6

I use vagrant with this box : https://vagrantcloud.com/yungsang/boot2docker

and I changed Vagrant file to use (auto-)rsync on Windows :

  rsync_args = ["--verbose", "--archive", "--delete", "-z"]
  rsync_auto = true
  rsync_exclude = [".vagrant/"]
  config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", rsync__args: rsync_args, rsync__exclude: rsync_exclude, rsync__auto: rsync_auto, type: "rsync"