Add documentation for how to pass env variables

pull/208/head
Connor McCormick 6 years ago
parent 5d16df9f6d
commit b72a5bf9e7

@ -42,6 +42,18 @@ docker run -d \
If pulling images from private Docker registries, supply registry authentication credentials with the environment variables `REPO_USER` and `REPO_PASS`
or by mounting the host's docker config file into the container (at the root of the container filesystem `/`).
Passing environment variables:
```bash
docker run -d \
--name watchtower \
-e REPO_USER=username \
-e REPO_PASS=password \
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
v2tec/watchtower container_to_watch --debug
```
Also check out [this Stack Overflow answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/30494145/7872793) for more options on how to pass environment variables.
Mounting the host's docker config file:
```bash
docker run -d \
--name watchtower \

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