How to connect to docker VM (MobyLinux) from windows shell?

Question

Is there away to log into host VM's shell, similarly to how can we easily enter into running containers bash?

docker exec -it bash

I accidentally broke one container's crucial file, so that it couldn't start. Unfortunately, that container stored it's data inside. The result was that whenever I tried to run it, it couldn't start. The only solutions I saw were about navigating to host docker daemon's files. However, I'm running docker VM on windows, and I cannot access the files inside VM (MobyLinuxVM).

I'm using Docker for Windows, version 1.12.3-beta30.1 (8711)

Answer 1

Hack your way in

run a container with full root access to MobyLinuxVM and no seccomp profile (so you can mount stuff)

docker run --net=host --ipc=host --uts=host --pid=host -it --security-opt=seccomp=unconfined --privileged --rm -v /:/host alpine /bin/sh

https://forums.docker.com/t/how-can-i-ssh-into-the-betas-mobylinuxvm/10991/6

Answer 2

With e. G. the Git Bash you can use the following command to connect to a running container in Windows:

winpty docker exec -it [CONTAINER-ID] sh

You can look up the [CONTAINER-ID] with:

docker ps

But this way you cannot connect to the host VM (MobyLinuxVM).