Docker Cookbook - Second Edition

How to do it...

Perform the following steps:

1. Let's begin by creating a new directory called data_share in our home directory, as shown in the following code:

    $ mkdir $HOME/data_share

2. Create a new file in the $HOME/data_share directory of the Docker host and write some text in it:

$ echo "data sharing demo" > $HOME/data_share/demo.txt

3. Now, launch a container by mounting the $HOME/data_share directory and then print the content of the demo.txt:

$ docker container run --rm \             -v $(HOME)/data_share:/data \             ubuntu cat /data/demo.txt data sharing demo

In this recipe, we effectively shared a file from the Docker host to the container. Though this is a very simple example, it is a very powerful mechanism to share your application configuration, ...