Docker Desktop filesharing is no longer difficult with this handy guide by our experts. 

At Bobcares, we offer solutions for every query, big and small, as a part of our Docker Hosting Support Services.

Let’s take a look at how our Docker Support Team is ready to introduce customers to making Docker Desktop filesharing possible.

All About Docker Desktop filesharing

Filesharing in Docker Desktop is a question many of our customers seem to have. In fact, Docker containers are isolated from the host system, causing this doubt to arise.

Additionally, when we run an Ubuntu container with the following command, we find out soon enough that the container has its own filesystem. In fact, we can delete, create and modify files. However, these changes are local to the Docker container and are wiped out when we delete the container.

Additionally, the other files on the host computer are not accessible to the container either. This is where we rely on bind mounts and volumes for Docker Desktop filesharing.

We can bind mount as seen below:

docker run -it -v /users/bob:/myfiles ubuntu bash

In the above example, the files /users/bob are accessible at /myfiles. Although this is an easy process, a shared volume may offer better performance.

To begin with, we have to configure Shared Drives option under Docker Settings to share Windows folders with Docker containers.

Then, we can mount any folder we want on the shared drives via the -v flag as seen below:

-v <host-directory>:<container-path>

We can also create a named volume as seen below:

docker volume create new_vol

These volumes continue to exist even after we delete the container. Furthermore, we can share the volumes with other containers. At the end of the day, Docker Desktop filesharing is not an impossible task as long as you have Bobcares by your side.

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Conclusion

In a nutshell, our skilled Docker Support Engineers at Bobcares introduced us to Docker Desktop filesharing.