How to mount a host volume from dockerfile

Question

I was trying to mount host volume(windows 10) from dockerfile. I was using the command:

docker run -v <host-dir>:<container-dir> <image-name>

from docker terminal. It was working fine from docker terminal. But when I tried to do the same from dockerfile execution it's getting stopped because of this command. Please help how to mount host volume from dockerfile.

Answer 1

What exactly have you written in your Dockerfile?

For Dockerfiles there exists a VOLUME instruction, which can probably help you.

I recommend reading the following 2 links for clarification on Docker volumes:

Official Docker documentation

Helpful blogpost

Edit: I may have found another post which could help you immensely: Docker volume and mount