How To Share Data between Docker Containers

In general, Docker containers are ephemeral, running just as long as it takes for the command issued in the container to complete. Sometimes, however, applications need to share access to data or persist data after a container is deleted. In these articles, we'll look at four different ways to share data between containers.

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