django - local files missing from docker-machine container -

so have simple containerised django project, container sass css compilation.

i use docker-compose docker-machine, when fire up, web container doesn't have of local files (manage.py etc) in, dies file not found: manage.py error.

let me explain more:

docker-compose.yml

web:   build: .   volumes:     - .:/app   ports:     - "8001:5000" sass:   image: ubuntudesign/sass   command: sass --debug-info --watch /app/static/css -e "utf-8"   volumes:     - .:/app 

dockerfile

from ubuntu:14.04  # install apt dependencies run apt-get update && apt-get install -y python-dev python-pip git bzr libpq-dev pkg-config  ubuntu:14.04  # install apt dependencies run apt-get update && apt-get install -y python-dev python-pip git bzr libpq-dev pkg-config  # pip requirements files copy requirements /requirements  # install pip requirements run pip install -r /requirements/dev.txt  copy . /app workdir /app  cmd ["python", "manage.py", "runserver", "0.0.0.0:5000"] 

and standard django project in local directory:

$ ls  docker-compose.yml dockerfile manage.py readme.md static templates webapp 

and here's error isolated can make it:

$ docker-compose run web python

can't open file 'manage.py': [errno 2] no such file or directory

which true:

$ docker-compose run web ls

static

i think problem working remote docker-machines, i've tried follow simple django tutorial, , reckon local file sharing works differently.

what works differently when using docker-machine?

docker volumes mount files host container.

so in case, you've mounted current directory of whatever host docker-machine pointing container. unless have funky vm crossmounting going on (like boot2docker does), isn't going match directories on machine you're running on.