Using Docker on Windows generally works but lacks one specific feature:
- File system change notifications.
They do not propagate correctly to Docker on Windows because its probably not implemented in SMB.
This means developing with hot-reload features (like with many JS libraries/frameworks) on Windows and Docker is not going to work properly.
Dockside scans all bind-mounted volumes in Docker containers by querying the
Docker daemon and watches file system change notifications in Windows (the
source file system). It then forwards those change notifications inside the
running containers by issuing a chmod to the files changed so inotify and
other mechanism inside the (linux) container can act accordingly.
chmod is not supported by NTFS and therefore will not circle back if used
inside the container.
Make sure the Docker environment variables are set correctly (they usually are if you installed Docker for Windows).
export DOCKER_HOST="tcp://0.0.0.0:2375"
dockside.exeDockside automatically keeps track of containers starting/stopping and watches
all bind-mounts by default.
It coalesces change notifications and sends them off at least every 500ms. It also works concurrently so the same directory mounted inside multiple containers will update those containers concurrently. Also multiple notifications for the same file and container are reduced to a single notification.
GOOS=windows go buildNOTE: It may compile for Linux but this doesn't make sense, and probably
would result in an infinite loop when forwarding via chmod.
There are certainly a few bugs in here. I should add a few more tests. If you spot something bad, open an issue or send a PR, suggestions and/or bug reports are very welcome.
See the releases page.
If you need/want/fix anything, please let me know.