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.

Now, lets inspect the volume using the following command

2- Create a Docker Volume

~ docker volume create webiste
~ docker volume ls

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

4- Clean Up Unused Volumes

~ docker volume prune