Inotify is not triggering any events in docker when we mount it from the host

[vikaskgowdaa]

inotify is not triggering any events in docker when we mount it from the host
Docker version 20.10.2,

i have a python script which monitor the content file and do some operation, when we mount the data from the host, no inotify events will get triggered,
if i manually change the file inotify event is getting triggerred ,

anyone please help here any help si appreciated

[lewish95]

It looks like file system events just don’t work when Docker is running in Hyper-V and the changes happen on the host. But, it’s possible to work around that limitation by enabling polling in nodemon:

nodemon -L server.js
In WebStorm the full command that ends up getting used is

docker-compose run dev node node_packages/nodemon/bin/nodemon.js -L server.js
More info: GitHub - remy/nodemon: Monitor for any changes in your node.js application and automatically restart the server - perfect for development

[vikaskgowdaa]

@lewish95

It looks like file system events just don’t work when Docker is running in Hyper-V

you mean it is not supported when we mount data from host, ?

[vikaskgowdaa]

@lewish95

t’s possible to work around that limitation by enabling polling in nodemon:

is there any other way i didn’t have any nodemon: , it is on linux