From 8477a635b436822a591a952d715de6e447434385 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Victoria Bialas Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 14:57:15 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] added user question in FAQ re: shared drives and Docker Machine nodes copyedit incorporated Misty's review comments Signed-off-by: Victoria Bialas --- docker-for-windows/faqs.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ docker-for-windows/index.md | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/docker-for-windows/faqs.md b/docker-for-windows/faqs.md index 6e74c61aa7..cc7684af6c 100644 --- a/docker-for-windows/faqs.md +++ b/docker-for-windows/faqs.md @@ -148,6 +148,21 @@ cycles. Exit and start Docker to restore connectivity. Unfortunately, VirtualBox (and other hypervisors like VMWare) cannot run when Hyper-V is enabled on Windows. +### Can I share local drives and filesystem with my Docker Machine VMs? + +No, you cannot share local drives with Docker Machine nodes when using Docker +for Windows with Hyper-V. Shared drives can be made available to containers, but +Docker for Windows does not support mounts for nodes you created with +`docker-machine`. + +For more about sharing local drives with containers using Docker for Windows, +see [Shared Drives](index.md#shared-drives) in the Getting Started topic. + +To learn more about using Docker for Windows and Docker Machine, see [What to +know before you install](index.md#what-to-know-before-you-install) in the +Getting Started topic. For more about Docker Machine itself, see [What is Docker +Machine?](/machine/overview.md#what-is-docker-machine) + ### How do I run Windows containers on Docker on Windows Server 2016? See [About Windows containers and Windows Server diff --git a/docker-for-windows/index.md b/docker-for-windows/index.md index 30d02923e0..87f32e8b6e 100644 --- a/docker-for-windows/index.md +++ b/docker-for-windows/index.md @@ -410,6 +410,12 @@ See also [Verify domain user has permissions for shared drives](troubleshoot.md#verify-domain-user-has-permissions-for-shared-drives-volumes) in Troubleshooting. +>**Note:** You can share local drives with your _containers_ but not with Docker +Machine nodes. See [Can I share local drives and filesystem with my +Docker Machine +VMs?](faqs.md#can-i-share-local-drives-and-filesystem-with-my-docker-machine-vms) in +the FAQs. + #### Firewall rules for shared drives Shared drives require port 445 to be open between the host machine and the virtual