Docker container to run a Samba server - based on original image from Peter Boyd

Image includes wsdd which enables the Samba server to be found by Web Service Discovery Clients like Windows.

docker run -t -d --rm \
  --name samba \
  -p "137:137/udp" \
  -p "138:138/udp" \
  -p "139:139" \
  -p "445:445" \
  -v <path/to/config>:/config \
  -v </path/to/share>:/shares \
  edcourtenay/docker-samba:latest

This will run a simple Samba server storing the generated smb.conf file at the given config directory and sharing the single share path.

• -p "137:137/udp" -p "138:138/udp" -p "139:139" -p "445:445" standard samba ports that need to be mapped for this to work.
• -v <path/to/config>:/config set the path where the samba config will be saved. This allows easy editing of the generated config.
• -v </path/to/share>:/shares one or more directory mappings that you want to share. Any shares set in the SHARES environment variable should map to directories made available through similar mappings.
• -e SERVERNAME set the hostname that will be used for samba shares (default = rancher-samba).
• -e USERNAME set the username that will be created as a samba user (default = samba).
• -e GROUP set the group that the USERNAME will belong to (default = samba).
• -e PASSWORD set the password that will be created for the samba user account (default = password).
• -e SHARES set this to a list of paths to create samba shares for (default = /shares).
• example: -e SHARES "/shares/documents /shares/photos" would create two shares, sharing the contents of the specified paths. If /shares is a mounted volume then these paths would be shared from the host not the docker container.
• -e PUID set the user id to use for the samba user (default = 1100). This is used to help with file permissions.
• -e PGID set the group id to use for the samba user (default = 1100). This is used to help with file permissions.