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Learn Docker - Fundamentals of Docker 19.x - Second Edition
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Learn Docker - Fundamentals of Docker 19.x - Second Edition

by Dr. Gabriel N. Schenker
March 2020
Beginner
592 pages
14h 14m
English
Packt Publishing
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Creating volumes

Since at this time, when using Docker for Desktop on a macOS or Windows computer, containers are not running natively on macOS or Windows but rather in a (hidden) VM created by Docker for Desktop, for illustrative purposes it is best we use docker-machine to create and use an explicit VM running Docker. At this point, we assume that you have Docker Toolbox installed on your system. If not, then please go back to Chapter 2Setting up a Working Environment, where we provide detailed instructions on how to install Toolbox:

  1. Use docker-machine to list all VMs currently running in VirtualBox, as follows:
$ docker-machine ls 
  1. If you do not have a VM called node-1 listed, then please create one with the following command:
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