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Storing Container Data In Docker Volumes

Let's learn about volumes in Docker
What you will learn?

  • Anonymous Volumes
  • Create a Docker Volume
  • Use the Website Volume with Containers
  • Clean Up Unused Volumes

1. Anonymous Volumes
When we create a container then automatically docker creates an anonyous volume for that container.

Anonymous Volume

Now, lets inspect the volume using the following command

Inspect Information

2- Create a Docker Volume

~ docker volume create webiste
~ docker volume ls
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Creating Volume using docker

3. Use the Website Volume with Containers

~ docker run -d --name web1 -p 80:80 -v webiste:/usr/local/apache2/htdocs:ro httpd:2.4
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4- Clean Up Unused Volumes

~ docker volume prune
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