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<!--[metadata]>
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+++
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title = "daemon"
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description = "The daemon command description and usage"
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keywords = ["container, daemon, runtime"]
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[menu.main]
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parent = "smn_cli"
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<![end-metadata]-->
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# daemon
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Usage: docker [OPTIONS] COMMAND [arg...]
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A self-sufficient runtime for linux containers.
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Options:
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--api-cors-header="" Set CORS headers in the remote API
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-b, --bridge="" Attach containers to a network bridge
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--bip="" Specify network bridge IP
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--config=~/.docker Location of client config files
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-D, --debug=false Enable debug mode
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-d, --daemon=false Enable daemon mode
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--default-gateway="" Container default gateway IPv4 address
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--default-gateway-v6="" Container default gateway IPv6 address
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--dns=[] DNS server to use
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--dns-search=[] DNS search domains to use
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--default-ulimit=[] Set default ulimit settings for containers
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-e, --exec-driver="native" Exec driver to use
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--exec-opt=[] Set exec driver options
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--exec-root="/var/run/docker" Root of the Docker execdriver
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--fixed-cidr="" IPv4 subnet for fixed IPs
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--fixed-cidr-v6="" IPv6 subnet for fixed IPs
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-G, --group="docker" Group for the unix socket
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-g, --graph="/var/lib/docker" Root of the Docker runtime
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-H, --host=[] Daemon socket(s) to connect to
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-h, --help=false Print usage
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--icc=true Enable inter-container communication
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--insecure-registry=[] Enable insecure registry communication
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--ip=0.0.0.0 Default IP when binding container ports
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--ip-forward=true Enable net.ipv4.ip_forward
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--ip-masq=true Enable IP masquerading
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--iptables=true Enable addition of iptables rules
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--ipv6=false Enable IPv6 networking
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-l, --log-level="info" Set the logging level
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--label=[] Set key=value labels to the daemon
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--log-driver="json-file" Default driver for container logs
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--log-opt=[] Log driver specific options
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--mtu=0 Set the containers network MTU
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-p, --pidfile="/var/run/docker.pid" Path to use for daemon PID file
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--registry-mirror=[] Preferred Docker registry mirror
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-s, --storage-driver="" Storage driver to use
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--selinux-enabled=false Enable selinux support
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--storage-opt=[] Set storage driver options
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--tls=false Use TLS; implied by --tlsverify
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--tlscacert="~/.docker/ca.pem" Trust certs signed only by this CA
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--tlscert="~/.docker/cert.pem" Path to TLS certificate file
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--tlskey="~/.docker/key.pem" Path to TLS key file
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--tlsverify=false Use TLS and verify the remote
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--userland-proxy=true Use userland proxy for loopback traffic
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-v, --version=false Print version information and quit
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Options with [] may be specified multiple times.
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The Docker daemon is the persistent process that manages containers. Docker
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uses the same binary for both the daemon and client. To run the daemon you
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provide the `-d` flag.
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To run the daemon with debug output, use `docker -d -D`.
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## Daemon socket option
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The Docker daemon can listen for [Docker Remote API](/reference/api/docker_remote_api/)
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requests via three different types of Socket: `unix`, `tcp`, and `fd`.
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By default, a `unix` domain socket (or IPC socket) is created at
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`/var/run/docker.sock`, requiring either `root` permission, or `docker` group
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membership.
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If you need to access the Docker daemon remotely, you need to enable the `tcp`
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Socket. Beware that the default setup provides un-encrypted and
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un-authenticated direct access to the Docker daemon - and should be secured
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either using the [built in HTTPS encrypted socket](/articles/https/), or by
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putting a secure web proxy in front of it. You can listen on port `2375` on all
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network interfaces with `-H tcp://0.0.0.0:2375`, or on a particular network
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interface using its IP address: `-H tcp://192.168.59.103:2375`. It is
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conventional to use port `2375` for un-encrypted, and port `2376` for encrypted
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communication with the daemon.
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> **Note:**
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> If you're using an HTTPS encrypted socket, keep in mind that only
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> TLS1.0 and greater are supported. Protocols SSLv3 and under are not
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> supported anymore for security reasons.
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On Systemd based systems, you can communicate with the daemon via
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[Systemd socket activation](http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/socket-activation.html),
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use `docker -d -H fd://`. Using `fd://` will work perfectly for most setups but
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you can also specify individual sockets: `docker -d -H fd://3`. If the
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specified socket activated files aren't found, then Docker will exit. You can
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find examples of using Systemd socket activation with Docker and Systemd in the
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[Docker source tree](https://github.com/docker/docker/tree/master/contrib/init/systemd/).
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You can configure the Docker daemon to listen to multiple sockets at the same
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time using multiple `-H` options:
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# listen using the default unix socket, and on 2 specific IP addresses on this host.
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docker -d -H unix:///var/run/docker.sock -H tcp://192.168.59.106 -H tcp://10.10.10.2
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The Docker client will honor the `DOCKER_HOST` environment variable to set the
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`-H` flag for the client.
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$ docker -H tcp://0.0.0.0:2375 ps
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# or
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$ export DOCKER_HOST="tcp://0.0.0.0:2375"
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$ docker ps
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# both are equal
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Setting the `DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY` environment variable to any value other than
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the empty string is equivalent to setting the `--tlsverify` flag. The following
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are equivalent:
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$ docker --tlsverify ps
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# or
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$ export DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY=1
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$ docker ps
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The Docker client will honor the `HTTP_PROXY`, `HTTPS_PROXY`, and `NO_PROXY`
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environment variables (or the lowercase versions thereof). `HTTPS_PROXY` takes
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precedence over `HTTP_PROXY`.
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### Daemon storage-driver option
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The Docker daemon has support for several different image layer storage
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drivers: `aufs`, `devicemapper`, `btrfs`, `zfs` and `overlay`.
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The `aufs` driver is the oldest, but is based on a Linux kernel patch-set that
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is unlikely to be merged into the main kernel. These are also known to cause
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some serious kernel crashes. However, `aufs` is also the only storage driver
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that allows containers to share executable and shared library memory, so is a
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useful choice when running thousands of containers with the same program or
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libraries.
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The `devicemapper` driver uses thin provisioning and Copy on Write (CoW)
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snapshots. For each devicemapper graph location – typically
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`/var/lib/docker/devicemapper` – a thin pool is created based on two block
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devices, one for data and one for metadata. By default, these block devices
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are created automatically by using loopback mounts of automatically created
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sparse files. Refer to [Storage driver options](#storage-driver-options) below
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for a way how to customize this setup.
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[~jpetazzo/Resizing Docker containers with the Device Mapper plugin](http://jpetazzo.github.io/2014/01/29/docker-device-mapper-resize/)
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article explains how to tune your existing setup without the use of options.
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The `btrfs` driver is very fast for `docker build` - but like `devicemapper`
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does not share executable memory between devices. Use
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`docker -d -s btrfs -g /mnt/btrfs_partition`.
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The `zfs` driver is probably not fast as `btrfs` but has a longer track record
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on stability. Thanks to `Single Copy ARC` shared blocks between clones will be
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cached only once. Use `docker -d -s zfs`. To select a different zfs filesystem
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set `zfs.fsname` option as described in [Storage driver options](#storage-driver-options).
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The `overlay` is a very fast union filesystem. It is now merged in the main
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Linux kernel as of [3.18.0](https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/26/137). Call
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`docker -d -s overlay` to use it.
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> **Note:**
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> As promising as `overlay` is, the feature is still quite young and should not
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> be used in production. Most notably, using `overlay` can cause excessive
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> inode consumption (especially as the number of images grows), as well as
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> being incompatible with the use of RPMs.
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> **Note:**
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> It is currently unsupported on `btrfs` or any Copy on Write filesystem
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> and should only be used over `ext4` partitions.
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### Storage driver options
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Particular storage-driver can be configured with options specified with
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`--storage-opt` flags. Options for `devicemapper` are prefixed with `dm` and
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options for `zfs` start with `zfs`.
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* `dm.thinpooldev`
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Specifies a custom block storage device to use for the thin pool.
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If using a block device for device mapper storage, it is best to use `lvm`
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to create and manage the thin-pool volume. This volume is then handed to Docker
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to exclusively create snapshot volumes needed for images and containers.
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Managing the thin-pool outside of Docker makes for the most feature-rich
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method of having Docker utilize device mapper thin provisioning as the
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backing storage for Docker's containers. The highlights of the lvm-based
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thin-pool management feature include: automatic or interactive thin-pool
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resize support, dynamically changing thin-pool features, automatic thinp
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metadata checking when lvm activates the thin-pool, etc.
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Example use:
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docker -d --storage-opt dm.thinpooldev=/dev/mapper/thin-pool
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* `dm.basesize`
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Specifies the size to use when creating the base device, which limits the
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size of images and containers. The default value is 10G. Note, thin devices
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are inherently "sparse", so a 10G device which is mostly empty doesn't use
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10 GB of space on the pool. However, the filesystem will use more space for
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the empty case the larger the device is.
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This value affects the system-wide "base" empty filesystem
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that may already be initialized and inherited by pulled images. Typically,
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a change to this value requires additional steps to take effect:
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$ sudo service docker stop
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$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/docker
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$ sudo service docker start
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Example use:
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$ docker -d --storage-opt dm.basesize=20G
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* `dm.loopdatasize`
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>**Note**: This option configures devicemapper loopback, which should not be used in production.
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Specifies the size to use when creating the loopback file for the
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"data" device which is used for the thin pool. The default size is
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100G. The file is sparse, so it will not initially take up this
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much space.
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Example use:
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$ docker -d --storage-opt dm.loopdatasize=200G
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* `dm.loopmetadatasize`
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>**Note**: This option configures devicemapper loopback, which should not be used in production.
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Specifies the size to use when creating the loopback file for the
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"metadadata" device which is used for the thin pool. The default size
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is 2G. The file is sparse, so it will not initially take up
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this much space.
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Example use:
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$ docker -d --storage-opt dm.loopmetadatasize=4G
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* `dm.fs`
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Specifies the filesystem type to use for the base device. The supported
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options are "ext4" and "xfs". The default is "ext4"
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Example use:
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$ docker -d --storage-opt dm.fs=xfs
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* `dm.mkfsarg`
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Specifies extra mkfs arguments to be used when creating the base device.
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Example use:
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$ docker -d --storage-opt "dm.mkfsarg=-O ^has_journal"
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* `dm.mountopt`
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Specifies extra mount options used when mounting the thin devices.
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Example use:
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$ docker -d --storage-opt dm.mountopt=nodiscard
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* `dm.datadev`
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(Deprecated, use `dm.thinpooldev`)
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Specifies a custom blockdevice to use for data for the thin pool.
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If using a block device for device mapper storage, ideally both datadev and
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metadatadev should be specified to completely avoid using the loopback
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device.
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Example use:
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$ docker -d --storage-opt dm.datadev=/dev/sdb1 --storage-opt dm.metadatadev=/dev/sdc1
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* `dm.metadatadev`
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(Deprecated, use `dm.thinpooldev`)
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Specifies a custom blockdevice to use for metadata for the thin pool.
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For best performance the metadata should be on a different spindle than the
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data, or even better on an SSD.
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If setting up a new metadata pool it is required to be valid. This can be
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achieved by zeroing the first 4k to indicate empty metadata, like this:
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$ dd if=/dev/zero of=$metadata_dev bs=4096 count=1
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Example use:
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$ docker -d --storage-opt dm.datadev=/dev/sdb1 --storage-opt dm.metadatadev=/dev/sdc1
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* `dm.blocksize`
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Specifies a custom blocksize to use for the thin pool. The default
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blocksize is 64K.
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Example use:
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$ docker -d --storage-opt dm.blocksize=512K
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* `dm.blkdiscard`
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Enables or disables the use of blkdiscard when removing devicemapper
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devices. This is enabled by default (only) if using loopback devices and is
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required to resparsify the loopback file on image/container removal.
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Disabling this on loopback can lead to *much* faster container removal
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times, but will make the space used in `/var/lib/docker` directory not be
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returned to the system for other use when containers are removed.
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Example use:
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$ docker -d --storage-opt dm.blkdiscard=false
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* `dm.override_udev_sync_check`
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Overrides the `udev` synchronization checks between `devicemapper` and `udev`.
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`udev` is the device manager for the Linux kernel.
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To view the `udev` sync support of a Docker daemon that is using the
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`devicemapper` driver, run:
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$ docker info
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[...]
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Udev Sync Supported: true
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[...]
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When `udev` sync support is `true`, then `devicemapper` and udev can
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coordinate the activation and deactivation of devices for containers.
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When `udev` sync support is `false`, a race condition occurs between
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the`devicemapper` and `udev` during create and cleanup. The race condition
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results in errors and failures. (For information on these failures, see
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[docker#4036](https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/4036))
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To allow the `docker` daemon to start, regardless of `udev` sync not being
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supported, set `dm.override_udev_sync_check` to true:
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$ docker -d --storage-opt dm.override_udev_sync_check=true
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When this value is `true`, the `devicemapper` continues and simply warns
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you the errors are happening.
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> **Note:**
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> The ideal is to pursue a `docker` daemon and environment that does
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> support synchronizing with `udev`. For further discussion on this
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> topic, see [docker#4036](https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/4036).
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> Otherwise, set this flag for migrating existing Docker daemons to
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> a daemon with a supported environment.
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## Docker execdriver option
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Currently supported options of `zfs`:
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* `zfs.fsname`
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Set zfs filesystem under which docker will create its own datasets.
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By default docker will pick up the zfs filesystem where docker graph
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(`/var/lib/docker`) is located.
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Example use:
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$ docker -d -s zfs --storage-opt zfs.fsname=zroot/docker
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## Docker execdriver option
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The Docker daemon uses a specifically built `libcontainer` execution driver as
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its interface to the Linux kernel `namespaces`, `cgroups`, and `SELinux`.
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There is still legacy support for the original [LXC userspace tools](
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https://linuxcontainers.org/) via the `lxc` execution driver, however, this is
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not where the primary development of new functionality is taking place.
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Add `-e lxc` to the daemon flags to use the `lxc` execution driver.
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## Options for the native execdriver
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You can configure the `native` (libcontainer) execdriver using options specified
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with the `--exec-opt` flag. All the flag's options have the `native` prefix. A
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single `native.cgroupdriver` option is available.
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The `native.cgroupdriver` option specifies the management of the container's
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cgroups. You can specify `cgroupfs` or `systemd`. If you specify `systemd` and
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it is not available, the system uses `cgroupfs`. By default, if no option is
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specified, the execdriver first tries `systemd` and falls back to `cgroupfs`.
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This example sets the execdriver to `cgroupfs`:
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$ sudo docker -d --exec-opt native.cgroupdriver=cgroupfs
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Setting this option applies to all containers the daemon launches.
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## Daemon DNS options
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To set the DNS server for all Docker containers, use
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`docker -d --dns 8.8.8.8`.
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To set the DNS search domain for all Docker containers, use
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`docker -d --dns-search example.com`.
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## Insecure registries
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Docker considers a private registry either secure or insecure. In the rest of
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this section, *registry* is used for *private registry*, and `myregistry:5000`
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is a placeholder example for a private registry.
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A secure registry uses TLS and a copy of its CA certificate is placed on the
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Docker host at `/etc/docker/certs.d/myregistry:5000/ca.crt`. An insecure
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registry is either not using TLS (i.e., listening on plain text HTTP), or is
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using TLS with a CA certificate not known by the Docker daemon. The latter can
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happen when the certificate was not found under
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`/etc/docker/certs.d/myregistry:5000/`, or if the certificate verification
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failed (i.e., wrong CA).
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By default, Docker assumes all, but local (see local registries below),
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registries are secure. Communicating with an insecure registry is not possible
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if Docker assumes that registry is secure. In order to communicate with an
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insecure registry, the Docker daemon requires `--insecure-registry` in one of
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the following two forms:
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* `--insecure-registry myregistry:5000` tells the Docker daemon that
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myregistry:5000 should be considered insecure.
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* `--insecure-registry 10.1.0.0/16` tells the Docker daemon that all registries
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whose domain resolve to an IP address is part of the subnet described by the
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CIDR syntax, should be considered insecure.
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The flag can be used multiple times to allow multiple registries to be marked
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as insecure.
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If an insecure registry is not marked as insecure, `docker pull`,
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`docker push`, and `docker search` will result in an error message prompting
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the user to either secure or pass the `--insecure-registry` flag to the Docker
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daemon as described above.
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Local registries, whose IP address falls in the 127.0.0.0/8 range, are
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automatically marked as insecure as of Docker 1.3.2. It is not recommended to
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rely on this, as it may change in the future.
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## Running a Docker daemon behind a HTTPS_PROXY
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When running inside a LAN that uses a `HTTPS` proxy, the Docker Hub
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certificates will be replaced by the proxy's certificates. These certificates
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need to be added to your Docker host's configuration:
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1. Install the `ca-certificates` package for your distribution
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2. Ask your network admin for the proxy's CA certificate and append them to
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`/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt`
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3. Then start your Docker daemon with `HTTPS_PROXY=http://username:password@proxy:port/ docker -d`.
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The `username:` and `password@` are optional - and are only needed if your
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proxy is set up to require authentication.
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This will only add the proxy and authentication to the Docker daemon's requests -
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your `docker build`s and running containers will need extra configuration to
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use the proxy
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## Default Ulimits
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`--default-ulimit` allows you to set the default `ulimit` options to use for
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all containers. It takes the same options as `--ulimit` for `docker run`. If
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these defaults are not set, `ulimit` settings will be inherited, if not set on
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`docker run`, from the Docker daemon. Any `--ulimit` options passed to
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`docker run` will overwrite these defaults.
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Be careful setting `nproc` with the `ulimit` flag as `nproc` is designed by Linux to
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set the maximum number of processes available to a user, not to a container. For details
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please check the [run](run.md) reference.
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## Miscellaneous options
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IP masquerading uses address translation to allow containers without a public
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IP to talk to other machines on the Internet. This may interfere with some
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network topologies and can be disabled with --ip-masq=false.
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Docker supports softlinks for the Docker data directory (`/var/lib/docker`) and
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for `/var/lib/docker/tmp`. The `DOCKER_TMPDIR` and the data directory can be
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set like this:
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DOCKER_TMPDIR=/mnt/disk2/tmp /usr/local/bin/docker -d -D -g /var/lib/docker -H unix:// > /var/lib/boot2docker/docker.log 2>&1
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# or
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export DOCKER_TMPDIR=/mnt/disk2/tmp
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/usr/local/bin/docker -d -D -g /var/lib/docker -H unix:// > /var/lib/boot2docker/docker.log 2>&1
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