Add documentation for using overlay2

Add mention in dockerd command line and storage driver selection documentation.

Signed-off-by: Derek McGowan <derek@mcgstyle.net> (github: dmcgowan)
Upstream-commit: e7fa3c6279
Component: cli
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Derek McGowan
2017-06-02 00:07:43 +00:00
committed by Tibor Vass
parent abc876a868
commit 0f8e9c934d
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@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ TCP and a Unix socket
### Daemon storage-driver option
The Docker daemon has support for several different image layer storage
drivers: `aufs`, `devicemapper`, `btrfs`, `zfs` and `overlay`.
drivers: `aufs`, `devicemapper`, `btrfs`, `zfs`, `overlay` and `overlay2`.
The `aufs` driver is the oldest, but is based on a Linux kernel patch-set that
is unlikely to be merged into the main kernel. These are also known to cause
@@ -242,9 +242,14 @@ Linux kernel as of [3.18.0](https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/26/137). Call
> inode consumption (especially as the number of images grows), as well as
> being incompatible with the use of RPMs.
The `overlay2` uses the same fast union filesystem but takes advantage of
[additional features](https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/2/11/106) added in Linux
kernel 4.0 to avoid excessive inode consumption. Call `dockerd -s overlay2`
to use it.
> **Note:**
> It is currently unsupported on `btrfs` or any Copy on Write filesystem
> and should only be used over `ext4` partitions.
> Both `overlay` and `overlay2` are currently unsupported on `btrfs` or any
> Copy on Write filesystem and should only be used over `ext4` partitions.
### Storage driver options
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Force the Docker runtime to use a specific storage driver.
**--selinux-enabled**=*true*|*false*
Enable selinux support. Default is false. SELinux does not presently support the overlay storage driver.
Enable selinux support. Default is false. SELinux does not presently support either of the overlay storage drivers.
**--storage-opt**=[]
Set storage driver options. See STORAGE DRIVER OPTIONS.