Tag Archives: docker

A simple command to show Docker volume/bind mounts

Posted on August 6, 2026 by Ahmed Tawfik

A quick command to show you mounts and volume mappings in your docker container: Sample response: That’s it, Enjoy!

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Build & Run LibreTranslate Docker Image for Offline Work

Posted on February 18, 2026 by Ahmed Tawfik

The documentation on https://hub.docker.com/r/libretranslate/libretranslate was a bit misleading, so here are the proper steps: Building The above will take some time to build and download all the dictionaries for offline use. Running That’s it, Enjoy! Sources

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Docker file & compose for phpBB3

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Ahmed Tawfik

I needed a local instance to play around with phpBB, which I couldn’t find recent docker files for, so I just created my own. The below are the docker-compose.yml and Dockerfile for the latest version of phpBB as of now; … Continue reading →

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How to mount a Windows share inside a Docker container

Posted on September 17, 2023 by Ahmed Tawfik

Let’s assume that you had a windows share and you needed to be able to access that share from within one of your containers, here are the steps that you need to follow: First of all, create a docker volume … Continue reading →

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Change default storage location of docker containers on Ubuntu 18.04 and 18.10

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Ahmed Tawfik

This was tested on Docker version 18.09.4, build d14af54266, it includes ALL docker data. Just edit/create a file inside /etc/docker named daemon.json and add the following: { “data-root”: “/new_location”} then simply restart docker: sudo service docker restart Source: https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/dockerd/

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