Add new `HostConfig` field, `Mounts`. #22373

cpuguy83 · 2016-04-27T19:46:47Z

- What I did
Add capability to /containers/create API to specify mounts in a more granular and safer way

Mounts allows users to specify in a much safer way the volumes they
want to use in the container.

- How I did it
Add new field Mounts to HostConfig as well as new MountConfig

This replaces Binds and Volumes, which both still exist, but
Mounts and Binds/Volumes are exclusive.
The CLI will continue to use Binds and Volumes due to concerns with
parsing the volume specs on the client side and cross-platform support.

- How to verify it
Example usage of Mounts:

$ curl -XPOST localhost:2375/containers/create -d '{
  "Image": "alpine:latest",
  "HostConfig": {
    "Mounts": [{
      "Type": "Volume",
      "Destination": "/foo"
      },{
      "Type": "bind",
      "Source": "/var/run/docker.sock",
      "Destination": "/var/run/docker.sock",
      },{
      "Type": "volume",
      "Name": "important_data",
      "Target": "/var/data",
      "Mode": "ro"
      "Volume": {
    "Driver": "awesomeStorage",
    "DriverOpts": { "Size": "10G" }
    }
      }]
    }
}'

There are currently 2 types of mounts:

bind: Paths on the host that get mounted into the
container. Paths must exist prior to creating the container.
volume: Volumes that persist after the
container is removed.

Not all fields are available in each type, and validation is done to
ensure these fields aren't mixed up between types.

- Description for the changelog

Add capability to /containers/create API to specify mounts in a more granular and safer way

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cpuguy83 · 2016-04-27T20:23:56Z

Have some cleanup on windows and probably some reconciliation on validations between the string spec (-v /foo:/bar:baz) and the new MountConfig style... they should be the same, but there is duplicated logic that is likely best not to duplicate.

stevvooe · 2016-04-27T21:22:32Z

docs/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.24.md

+    -   **Mounts** - List of mount configurations to create the container with. This replaces `Binds` and `Volumes`. If `Mounts` is specified along with either `Binds` or `Volumes`, the request will be rejected. Fields for a mount configuration:
+          + **Type** - String specifying the type of mount, e.g. `hostbind`, `ephemeral`, or `persistent` (required)
+          + **Source** - String specifying the host path to use for the mount. Path must exist. (required, `hostbind` only)
+          + **Destination** - String specifying the container destination path for the mount (required)


Target, only because it is shorter.

The reason I used "Destination" is because we already use this term in container.MountPoints

stevvooe · 2016-04-27T21:32:25Z

@cpuguy83 Overall, design LGTM. I have a few naming concerns, but those are easy to work out.

I would like to see a mapping for the current "volume syntax" to these types, as part of this effort. It should be straightforward to work out.

cpuguy83 · 2016-04-28T21:08:44Z

Ok, this is updated, more tests, reconciled some of the validation/parsing between the string spec parser and the new config type... though I did not address @stevvooe's concerns yet

`Mounts` allows users to specify in a much safer way the volumes they want to use in the container. This replaces `Binds` and `Volumes`, which both still exist, but `Mounts` and `Binds`/`Volumes` are exclussive. The CLI will continue to use `Binds` and `Volumes` due to concerns with parsing the volume specs on the client side and cross-platform support (for now). The new API follows exactly the services mount API. Example usage of `Mounts`: ``` $ curl -XPOST localhost:2375/containers/create -d '{ "Image": "alpine:latest", "HostConfig": { "Mounts": [{ "Type": "Volume", "Target": "/foo" },{ "Type": "bind", "Source": "/var/run/docker.sock", "Target": "/var/run/docker.sock", },{ "Type": "volume", "Name": "important_data", "Target": "/var/data", "ReadOnly": true, "VolumeOptions": { "DriverConfig": { Name: "awesomeStorage", Options: {"size": "10m"}, Labels: {"some":"label"} } }] } }' ``` There are currently 2 types of mounts: - **bind**: Paths on the host that get mounted into the container. Paths must exist prior to creating the container. - **volume**: Volumes that persist after the container is removed. Not all fields are available in each type, and validation is done to ensure these fields aren't mixed up between types. Signed-off-by: Brian Goff <cpuguy83@gmail.com>

Signed-off-by: Brian Goff <cpuguy83@gmail.com>

thaJeztah · 2016-09-13T13:59:10Z

LGTM!

cpuguy83 · 2016-09-13T18:40:00Z

🎉

AkihiroSuda · 2016-09-22T14:24:24Z

Is there a PR or a plan to support this new Mount in Swarmkit?

I'd like to use it in #26331
(CC @justincormack )

justincormack · 2016-09-22T14:32:01Z

@AkihiroSuda it is used in swarmkit, it is not yet supported on docker run cli, but with this PR it is in API.

cpuguy83 · 2016-09-22T14:33:16Z

Well, swarmkit is still using the Binds API.

justincormack · 2016-09-22T14:34:25Z

oh, sorry.

AkihiroSuda · 2016-09-22T18:42:07Z

Thank you, and while looking into the implementation, I got surprised that Swarmkit defines MountTypeTmpfs but the engine API not.
Is there plan to migrate tmpfs to the new mount api as well?
If so, can I open PR?

https://github.com/docker/docker/blob/master/api/types/mount/mount.go#L7-L10
https://github.com/docker/swarmkit/blob/master/api/types.proto#L140-L142

cpuguy83 · 2016-09-22T18:43:35Z

@AkihiroSuda Yes, tmpfs needs to be implemented as well, thanks!

AkihiroSuda · 2016-09-22T22:10:32Z

Implemented MountTypeTmpfs in #26837
Please look into this? @cpuguy83

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Volume mounts moby/swarmkit#489

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Migrate old mount format to use mount specs

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Signed-off-by: Brian Goff <cpuguy83@gmail.com>

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[EXPERIMENTAL] new mount type: introspection #26331

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thaJeztah mentioned this pull request Sep 17, 2016

Move HostConfig.Mounts to correct API version #26653

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cli: add --mount to docker run #26825

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pacoxu mentioned this pull request Oct 31, 2016

"invalid volume mount source, must not be an absolute path" occurred when using docker service create --mount type=volume #25912

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piascikj mentioned this pull request Oct 4, 2017

This is probably not necessary once #22373 is merged piascikj/moby#680

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thaJeztah mentioned this pull request Nov 22, 2017

Docker CLI should use mount API for --tmpfs docker/cli#710

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piascikj mentioned this pull request Jan 9, 2018

This is probably not necessary once #22373 is merged imdone/moby#64

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Support mounting directories with a : (colon) in their path containers/buildah#1597

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Schema of Swagger/OpenAPI specification contains invalid property #42120

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Fix pruning anon volume created from image config #45147

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