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Updated on 2025-03-09

Docker file storage path, get container startup command operation

The container has been created long ago, how to know its startup parameters (where the data is mounted)

#Suppose a container is started by the following commanddocker run -d --name mysql\
-p 3306:3306\
-e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=123456\
--restart=always\
mysql:5.5 --character-set-server=utf8

#How to know the startup parameters through the container name[root@jenkins ~]# docker inspect mysql_cdh
[
  {
    "Id": "fbc3fba81b57bc5b5871746098b5f1f7ef0ed7716a786584a5effbb88ba156e6",
    "Created": "2019-09-25T01:43:37.720505875Z",
    "Path": "",
    "Args": [
      "--character-set-server=utf8"
    ],

 "HostConfig": {
      "Binds": [
        "mysql-data:/var/lib/mysql"
      ],
      "ContainerIDFile": "",
      "LogConfig": {
        "Type": "json-file",
        "Config": {}
      },
      "NetworkMode": "default",
      "PortBindings": {
        "3306/tcp": [{  "HostIp": "",  "HostPort": "3306"}
        ]
      },
      "RestartPolicy": {
        "Name": "always",
        "MaximumRetryCount": 0
      },
  
"Mounts": [
      {
        "Type": "volume",
        "Name": "mysql-data",
        "Source": "/var/lib/docker/volumes/mysql-data/_data",
        "Destination": "/var/lib/mysql",
        "Driver": "local",
        "Mode": "z",
        "RW": true,
        "Propagation": ""
      }
    ],

1. Mirror layer: file storage path

[root@master ~]# docker image inspect nginx |tail -n 22
    "GraphDriver": {
      "Data": {
        "LowerDir": "/var/lib/docker/overlay2/bf20cf788cc053f00ff1467525d50e19bd1cf07a2167f72511bdfcb28918a472/diff:/var/lib/docker/overlay2/317d80bb7ae58ed288be9ebd84aeb5b4b3a1c06f3211f5d1f32d89b629d1876e/diff",
        "MergedDir": "/var/lib/docker/overlay2/7782d0eb292fdc8bbd73bf9bae2d65468e8aba0bcd6baed55ac348618b80ae16/merged",
        "UpperDir": "/var/lib/docker/overlay2/7782d0eb292fdc8bbd73bf9bae2d65468e8aba0bcd6baed55ac348618b80ae16/diff",
        "WorkDir": "/var/lib/docker/overlay2/7782d0eb292fdc8bbd73bf9bae2d65468e8aba0bcd6baed55ac348618b80ae16/work"
      },
      "Name": "overlay2"
    },

2. Container layer: file storage path

#1, Start the container[root@master ~]# docker run -d --name nginx2 nginx
a9c9f31cdccf13c3385f3de33443325d2e14d69458e6d679e54c8cf9e5ff24c8

#2, Get the container id[root@master ~]# docker inspect nginx2 | grep -i id 
[root@master ~]# docker inspect nginx2 | grep -i id 
    "Id": "a9c9f31cdccf13c3385f3de33443325d2e14d69458e6d679e54c8cf9e5ff24c8",
      "Pid": 2069,
    "ExecIDs": null,
      "ContainerIDFile": "",
  
#View container temporary files--the file generated randomly at each creation (container layer)[root@master ~]# docker inspect nginx2 | grep -i path
    "Path": "nginx",
    "ResolvConfPath": "/var/lib/docker/containers/a9c9f31cdccf13c3385f3de33443325d2e14d69458e6d679e54c8cf9e5ff24c8/",
    "HostnamePath": "/var/lib/docker/containers/a9c9f31cdccf13c3385f3de33443325d2e14d69458e6d679e54c8cf9e5ff24c8/hostname",
    "HostsPath": "/var/lib/docker/containers/a9c9f31cdccf13c3385f3de33443325d2e14d69458e6d679e54c8cf9e5ff24c8/hosts",
    "LogPath": "/var/lib/docker/containers/a9c9f31cdccf13c3385f3de33443325d2e14d69458e6d679e54c8cf9e5ff24c8/",
 
#Search the container data storage directory through the container id: /var/lib/docker/overlay2/container id######
#Compare the above "Mirror Layer: File Storage Path", you can see that the container maps the files of the mirror layer through LowerDir mounted######
[root@master ~]# docker inspect nginx2 | grep -i dir
        "LowerDir": "/var/lib/docker/overlay2/d37ff828e63081be6fcfefc73891e7b455596cb921c8021fbf9571f330c0599b-init/diff:/var/lib/docker/overlay2/7782d0eb292fdc8bbd73bf9bae2d65468e8aba0bcd6baed55ac348618b80ae16/diff:/var/lib/docker/overlay2/bf20cf788cc053f00ff1467525d50e19bd1cf07a2167f72511bdfcb28918a472/diff:/var/lib/docker/overlay2/317d80bb7ae58ed288be9ebd84aeb5b4b3a1c06f3211f5d1f32d89b629d1876e/diff",
        "MergedDir": "/var/lib/docker/overlay2/d37ff828e63081be6fcfefc73891e7b455596cb921c8021fbf9571f330c0599b/merged",
        "UpperDir": "/var/lib/docker/overlay2/d37ff828e63081be6fcfefc73891e7b455596cb921c8021fbf9571f330c0599b/diff",
        "WorkDir": "/var/lib/docker/overlay2/d37ff828e63081be6fcfefc73891e7b455596cb921c8021fbf9571f330c0599b/work"

Modify container ports the day after tomorrow

Through the container layer file, find the configuration file and modify the port of the container map

[root@docker d93185e3a0....2e544ccfa]# pwd
/var/lib/docker/containers/d93185e3a0....2e544ccfa
[root@docker d93185e3a0....2e544ccfa]# cat  
{"Binds":["/dockersuperset:/home/superset"],"ContainerIDFile":"",
"LogConfig":{"Type":"json-file","Config":{}},"NetworkMode":"default",
"PortBindings":{"8088/tcp":[{"HostIp":"","HostPort":"8099"}]}......

3. Enter the mirror container file storage directory and modify the configuration file

# Enter the mirror container file storage directory and modify the configuration file[root@master ~]# cd /var/lib/docker/overlay2/d37ff828e63081be6fcfefc73891e7b455596cb921c8021fbf9571f330c0599b
[root@master d37ff828e63081be6fcfefc73891e7b455596cb921c8021fbf9571f330c0599b]# ls
diff link lower merged work

[root@master d37ff828e63081be6fcfefc73891e7b455596cb921c8021fbf9571f330c0599b]# ls diff/run/

[root@master d37ff828e63081be6fcfefc73891e7b455596cb921c8021fbf9571f330c0599b]# ls diff/var/cache/nginx/
client_temp fastcgi_temp proxy_temp scgi_temp uwsgi_temp

[root@master d37ff828e63081be6fcfefc73891e7b455596cb921c8021fbf9571f330c0599b]# ls merged/
bin/    dev/    etc/    lib/    media/   opt/    root/    sbin/    sys/    usr/    
boot/    .dockerenv home/    lib64/   mnt/    proc/    run/    srv/    tmp/    var/    

[root@master d37ff828e63081be6fcfefc73891e7b455596cb921c8021fbf9571f330c0599b]# ls merged/etc/nginx/
 fastcgi_params koi-utf koi-win  modules  scgi_params uwsgi_params win-utf

[root@master d37ff828e63081be6fcfefc73891e7b455596cb921c8021fbf9571f330c0599b]# head merged/etc/nginx/ 
user nginx;
worker_processes 1;

#Modify the configuration file here, remove the semicolons of user nginx; worker_process 1; to see if the configuration in the container is changed[root@master d37ff828e63081be6fcfefc73891e7b455596cb921c8021fbf9571f330c0599b]# head merged/etc/nginx/ -n 3
user nginx
worker_processes 1

#Login the container and view the modified configuration: Verify whether it is effective[root@master d37ff828e63081be6fcfefc73891e7b455596cb921c8021fbf9571f330c0599b]# docker exec -it nginx2 bash
root@a9c9f31cdccf:/# head /etc/nginx/ -n 3
user nginx
worker_processes 1

4. Modify the default storage path

a, reconstruction/var/lib/dockerTable of contents
#Back up data to new storage pathservice docker stop
mkdir /
mv /var/lib/docker/* /

#Create a soft connectionmkdir /home/docker-data
mv //* /home/docker-data/ && rmdir /
ln -s  /home/docker-data /var/lib/docker
b, Modify configuration
vi /usr/lib/systemd/system/ 
ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd --graph /new-path/docker 

#reload configuration filesystemctl daemon-reload 
#Restart dockersystemctl restart 

Supplementary knowledge:Docker Specify the data storage directory

Docker specifies the storage directory (the original parameter --graph has expired.)

Method 1

1. Configure /etc/docker/ in the Docker configuration file

The following command is added when there is no content in the file. If there is content, it is necessary

cat << EOF >>/etc/docker/
{
  "data-root": "/mnt/docker-data"
}
EOF
systemctl restart docker

Method 2

2. Configure in startup parameters

vim /usr/lib/systemd/system/

After adding it to the EXECStart in it, it is as follows:

ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd --data-root='/home/docker'
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart docker

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