How do i mount a docker volume from the host system to the container?

[hawksbill]

Man page for docker rm: http://bit.ly/2zgpToW

Sometimes you might have directory on the host system which you want to mount on the container.

Run a container with a volume from the host system.

$ docker run --name workshop2 -v $(pwd)/workshop_files:/workshop_files alpine touch /workshop_files/myworkshopnotes

Remove the container. Removing it because it not needed for this demo.

$ docker rm workshop2

List the file created in the first step, shows that the host data area created the file when the container was launched with the volume.

$ ls workshop_files/
myworkshopnotes