share a directory between a docker pgadmin container and windows10

Question

From within my docker pgadmin container, I want to access a postgresql backup file located in my windows10 OS. So I'm trying to set up a shared directory. Running this command works fine. Directory is linked to the container.

docker run --name=windows10 -d -v C:\Users\johndoe:/windows10 -p 5554:80 dpage/pgadmin4 -e PGADMIN_DEFAULT_EMAIL=john@doe.com -e PGADMIN_DEFAULT_PASSWORD=whatever

However, the directory won't mount because it's giving this error log on startup:

You need to specify PGADMIN_DEFAULT_EMAIL and PGADMIN_DEFAULT_PASSWORD environment variables

What is this sorcery??

Answer 1

Move the environment variables to before the image name

docker run --name=windows10 -d -v C:\Users\johndoe:/windows10 -p 5554:80  -e PGADMIN_DEFAULT_EMAIL=john@doe.com -e PGADMIN_DEFAULT_PASSWORD=whatever dpage/pgadmin4

-e is an option and must be specified between run and IMAGE (see https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/run/ )