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It is possible to mount a host directory to a specific path in your container using the -v or --volume command line option. The following example will mount /etc on the host to /mnt/etc in the container: (on linux) docker run -v "/etc:/mnt/etc" alpine cat /mnt/etc/passwd (on windows) do...

docker volume create --name="myAwesomeApp" Using a named volume makes managing volumes much more human-readable. It is possible to create a named volume using the command specified above, but it's also possible to create a named volume inside of a docker run command using the -v or --vo...