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Move boot2docker and .docker folder in other drive

I'm new in docker. I have installed docker in windows in the D drive but the Boot2docker VM is in the user folder in the C drive.

I dont have enough space in the C and the boot2docker is growing when i pull softwares from the docker hub.

So I want to move the boot2docker or the .docker folder in the D drive.

Is it possible ? and how can i do ?

Solution

  • Moving existing disk

    The big size for the VM machine is .vmdk or .vdi, so you just need to move the disk to Drive D instead of moving whole .docker directory.

    What you can do in simple way in Oracle VirtualBox Manager GUI:

    1. Stop the boot2docker VM, and find the place disk.vmdk under Setting->Storage
    2. Copy the disk.vmdk to Disk D (any place)
    3. Detach (-) the disk.vmdk in VirtualBox Manager
    4. Attach (+) the new disk.vmdk from Disk D. make sure the SATA port number is the same
    5. Verify the boot2docker env, if not, try to find the reason
    6. Remove the disk.vmdk in Disk C to save space if migration is finished.

    It shall work as I am always lack of disk space and move those disks around

    For new created disk

    Normal it will create to your use default user directory, but it is possible to redirect to new place by using flag --storage-path during creation

    $ docker-machine --storage-path f: create -d virtualbox dev

    see related questions in How can I make docker-machine create a VM in a specific location