#!/bin/bash set -o xtrace set -o errexit sudo mount # Setup Docker repo and add signing key echo 'deb http://apt.dockerproject.org/repo ubuntu-trusty main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://p80.pool.sks-keyservers.net:80 --recv-keys 58118E89F3A912897C070ADBF76221572C52609D sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends docker-engine btrfs-tools # The reason for using BTRFS is stability. There are numerous issues with the # devicemapper backed on Ubuntu and AUFS is slow. BTRFS is very solid as a # backend in my experince. I use ie almost exclusively. # Format Disks and setup Docker to use BTRFS sudo umount /dev/${DEV} || true sudo parted /dev/${DEV} -s -- mklabel msdos sudo service docker stop echo 'DOCKER_OPTS="-s btrfs"' | sudo tee /etc/default/docker sudo rm -rf /var/lib/docker/* sudo mkfs.btrfs -f /dev/${DEV} sudo mount /dev/${DEV} /var/lib/docker sudo service docker start sudo docker info echo "Completed $0."