Mount NFS v3/4, AWS EFS or CIFS inside your docker containers. This is a docker plugin which enables these volume types to be directly mounted within a container.
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NFS needs to be installed on Linux systems in order to properly mount NFS mounts.
- For Ubuntu/Debian:
sudo apt-get install -y nfs-common - For RHEL/CentOS:
sudo yum install -y nfs-utils
It is recommend to try mounting an NFS volume to eliminate any configuration issues prior to running the plugin:
sudo mount -t nfs4 1.1.1.1:/mountpoint /target/mount
$ go get github.com/ContainX/docker-volume-netshare
$ go build
Binaries are available through GitHub releases. You can download the appropriate binary, package and version from the Releases page
The method below will install the sysvinit and /etc/default options that can be overwritten during service start.
- Install the Package
$ wget https://github.com/ContainX/docker-volume-netshare/releases/download/v0.34/docker-volume-netshare_0.34_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i docker-volume-netshare_0.34_amd64.deb
- Modify the startup options in
/etc/default/docker-volume-netshare - Start the service
service docker-volume-netshare start
1. Run the plugin - can be added to systemd or run in the background
$ sudo docker-volume-netshare nfs
2. Launch a container
$ docker run -i -t --volume-driver=nfs -v nfshost/path:/mount ubuntu /bin/bash
1. Run the plugin - can be added to systemd or run in the background
// With File System ID resolution to AZ / Region URI
$ sudo docker-volume-netshare efs
// For VPCs without AWS DNS - using IP for Mount
$ sudo docker-volume-netshare efs --noresolve
2. Launch a container
// Launching a container using the EFS File System ID
$ docker run -i -t --volume-driver=efs -v fs-2324532:/mount ubuntu /bin/bash
// Launching a container using the IP Address of the EFS mount point (--noresolve flag in plugin)
$ docker run -i -t --volume-driver=efs -v 10.2.3.1:/mount ubuntu /bin/bash
1. Run the plugin - can be added to systemd or run in the background
$ sudo docker-volume-netshare cifs --username user --password pass --domain domain --security security
2. Launch a container
// In CIFS the "//" is omitted and handled by netshare
$ docker run -it --volume-driver=cifs -v cifshost/share:/mount ubuntu /bin/bash
.NetRC is fully support eliminating users and passwords to be specified in step 1. To use .netrc do the following steps:
1. Create a /root/.netrc file (since netshare needs to be run as a root user). Add the host and credential mappings.
See example:
//.netrc
machine some_hostname
username jeremy
password somepass
domain optional
security optional
fileMode optional
dirMode optional
2. Run the plugin
$ sudo docker-volume-netshare cifs
3. Launch a container
// In CIFS the "//" is omitted and handled by netshare
$ docker run -it --volume-driver=cifs -v cifshost/share:/mount ubuntu /bin/bash
Docker 1.9.0 now has support for volume management. This allows you to user docker volume create to define a volume by name so
options and other info can be eliminated when running a container.
1. Run the plugin - can be added to systemd or run in the background
$ sudo docker-volume-netshare cifs
2. Create a Volume
This will create a new volume via the Docker daemon which will call Create in netshare passing in the corresponding user, pass and domain info.
$ docker volume create -d cifs --name cifshost/share --opt username=user --opt password=pass --opt domain=domain --opt security=security --opt fileMode=0777 --opt dirMode=0777
3. Launch a container
// cifs/share matches the volume as defined in Step #2 using docker volume create
$ docker run -it -v cifshost/share:/mount ubuntu /bin/bash
Some CIFS servers may require a specific security mode to connect. The security option defines the sec option that is passed to mount.cifs. More information about available sec options.
e.g.: Apple Time Capsule's require the security mode ntlm.
This software is licensed under the Apache 2 license, quoted below.
Copyright 2016 ContainX / Jeremy Unruh
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