Dockerode: Quick question: sharing host directories

[neilstuartcraig]

Hi all

I'm trying to use Dockerode via docker.run() and I want to share (or copy) a directory from the host machine with the container but am not having any luck. Is anyone able to help please?

I have tried to check examples, tests and source code but have not found anything which works, using e.g.:

let createOptions =
              {
                Tty: false,
                // [host-src:]container-dest[:<options>]
                Volumes:
                {
                  "/Users/neil/Desktop/": {}
                },
                'Binds': ['/Users/neil/Desktop/:/stuff']
              };

Does result in a /Users/neil/Desktop directory being created on the container but no files are copied in. I am probably missing something really silly but I can't work out what.

Any help would be hugely appreciated!

Cheers
Neil

[neilstuartcraig]

Ah sorry, I had a separate issue which kept the working part from doing it's thing. So...for anyone who needs to mount a host directory on a container via Dockerode, you can use the following create_options:

let createOptions =
 {
    Tty: false,
    'Binds': ['/host/dir/path/:/container/dir/path/']
};

This is when you're using docker.run() something like this:

docker.run(image, cmds, [stdOutStream, stdErrStream], createOptions, function (err, data, container)
{
// ...
});

Hope that saves someone some time.

Cheers