boot2docker_vboxsf

What is this?

This script+dockerfile will create a patched boot2docker.iso with support for vboxsf. That means you can then use docker volume mapping just like you're used to when running docker in linux.

What does it do?

It uses the boot2docker/boot2docker image from Docker Hub according to the official patching guide (https://github.com/boot2docker/boot2docker/blob/master/doc/BUILD.md#making-your-own-customised-boot2docker-iso), downloads and installs the VBoxGuestAdditions from Virtualbox. Then it adds a shared volume to Virtualbox that maps /Users on your host machine to /Users in the boot2docker vm.

Update boot2docker

 git clone https://github.com/larsla/boot2docker_vboxsf.git
 cd boot2docker_vboxsf
 vi Dockerfile     # Update VBOX_VERSION with the version of VirtualBox you're running
 bash update.sh

Using Docker volume mapping after patching is done

 $ cd /Users/larsla/Code/my_project
 $ docker run -i -t -v $PWD:/my_project base bash
 root@24e68e83c74f:/# df -h
 Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
 rootfs           19G  2.6G   15G  15% /
 none             19G  2.6G   15G  15% /
 tmpfs           501M     0  501M   0% /dev
 shm              64M     0   64M   0% /dev/shm
 /dev/sda1        19G  2.6G   15G  15% /.dockerinit
 /dev/sda1        19G  2.6G   15G  15% /etc/resolv.conf
 /dev/sda1        19G  2.6G   15G  15% /etc/hostname
 /dev/sda1        19G  2.6G   15G  15% /etc/hosts
 none            466G  195G  271G  42% /my_project
 tmpfs           501M     0  501M   0% /proc/kcore
 root@24e68e83c74f:/# ls /my_project
  this_is_my_project.txt