Data-only container
Data can be stored outside the Docker UFS in a data-only container. The data will be visible inside the data-only container mount namespace. As the data is persisted outside the container, it remains even after the container is deleted. If any other container wants to connect to this data-only container, simply use the --volumes-from option to grab the container and apply it to the current container. Let's try out data volume container:
Using a data-only container
Creating a data-only container
$ docker create -v /tmp --name ubuntuvolume Ubuntu:14.04
In the preceding command, we created an Ubuntu container and attached /tmp
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