RE: Issue #6114. Updated docs to reflect docker inpsect for volumes

Signed-off-by: Mark West <markewest@gmail.com>
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Mark West 2015-03-23 20:16:40 -07:00
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@ -52,6 +52,27 @@ This will create a new volume inside a container at `/webapp`.
> You can also use the `VOLUME` instruction in a `Dockerfile` to add one or
> more new volumes to any container created from that image.
### Locating a volume
You can locate the volume on the host by utilizing the 'docker inspect' command.
$ docker inspect web
The output will provide details on the container configurations including the
volumes. The output should look something similar to the following:
...
"Volumes": {
"/webapp": "/var/lib/docker/volumes/fac362...80535"
},
"VolumesRW": {
"/webapp": true
}
...
You will notice in the above 'Volumes' is specifying the location on the host and
'VolumesRW' is specifying that the volume is read/write.
### Mount a Host Directory as a Data Volume
In addition to creating a volume using the `-v` flag you can also mount a