Docker and .bash_history

Question

Is there any way to share a .bash_history volume with a docker container so that everytime I go into a shell I have my bash history available for scrolling through?

Would be awesome to be able to do the same thing with IPython too.

Answer 1

It is the example from the documentation about volume: Mount a host file as a data volume:

docker run --rm -it -v ~/.bash_history:/root/.bash_history ubuntu /bin/bash

This will drop you into a bash shell in a new container, you will have your bash history from the host and when you exit the container, the host will have the history of the commands typed while in the container.

Answer 2

To keep IPython history, you can set the IPYTHONDIR environment variable to somewhere within your mapped volume.

The docker-compose.override.yml would look like this:

version: '2'
services:
  some-service:
    environment:
      - IPYTHONDIR=/app/.ipython
    volumes:
      - .:/app

Answer 3

In your docker-compose.override.yml:

version: '2'
services:
  whatever:
    …
    volumes:
      - …
      - ~/.bash_history:/root/.bash_history