How to mount a host directory in a Docker Container

Docker is an open platform to develop, ship, and run containerized applications. It separates infra from application to ease application development and support anywhere development strategy. The below example shows how to mount a host directory in a Docker Container. Place couple of files under C:/VENKAT directory on Host and map it to /usr/share/nginx/html inside the container in readonly mode (ro). C:\>docker run -v C:/VENKAT:/usr/share/nginx/html:ro -p 9090:80 -d nginx d50f1723a2c9c83417d9ceac701c54ca5e6e4858395ffff72293b4a54c95ce7f Connect to the container and verify if you can access files from the mouted volume. C:\>docker exec -it 171dd986eeb3 bash root@171dd986eeb3:/# cd /usr/share/nginx/ root@171dd986eeb3:/usr/share/nginx/html# cat index.html <h1>Hello World from Host Local Directory</h1> root@171dd986eeb3:/usr/share/nginx/html# Once nginx server starts, we can access all files under C:/VENKAT directory over HTTP. http://localhost:9090/ http://localhost:9090/index.html http://localhost:9090/abcd.html