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Using Volumes with Containers

Using Volumes with Containers

Learn how to use volumes with containers.

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Creating a container with a volume

Run the following command to create a new standalone container called voltainer that mounts a volume called bizvol.

$ docker run -it --name voltainer \
    --mount source=bizvol,target=/vol \
    alpine
Creating and running a container with a volume

The command specified the --mount flag, telling Docker to mount a volume called bizvol into the container at /vol. The command completed successfully even though you didn’t have a volume called bizvol. This raises an important point:

  • If you specify a volume that already exists, Docker will use it.

  • If you specify a volume that does not exist, ...