Docker setting windows storage path operation

When installing Docker on Windows 10, after selecting the container type as Linux container, the storage path can no longer be set by modifying the daemon graph value. The specific modification method is as follows:

first step

Click setting to enter the settings page

Step 2

Select the container shared directory, place it on the corresponding drive according to your needs, then apply it, and it will be ready in a few minutes.

Step 3

Select the image storage address, browse to select the directory you want to store it, then apply, and it will be ready in a few minutes.

Supplement: Modify the warehouse path of docker for windows under win10

Make complaints

To be honest, I searched Baidu for a long time to solve this problem, but it didn't work after trying. Now that I have succeeded, I found that it is not useless, but I missed an important step.

start

Many people may find the method on Baidu by adding a path in Docker Engine as shown in the figure below. However, after adding it, Docker crashes.

Actually, there is nothing wrong with this method, it just lacks a step, as follows (I can't capture the picture, I can only describe it in words)

Right-click the little whale in the lower right corner, then find Switch Linux Containers… and click Switch. If an error occurs, there will be a command prompt with a series of commands for you to execute in the power shell.

After the change, you can proceed to the operation shown in the picture above.

Why is this happening?

Because it uses Linux container by default, go to cmd in docker info, its

Docker Root Dir:

This line will also show the Linux path, if it is under Windows, it will be the Windows path.

The above is my personal experience. I hope it can give you a reference. I also hope that you will support 123WORDPRESS.COM. If there are any mistakes or incomplete considerations, please feel free to correct me.