Bind to a copy of your metastore

Because linking directly to your own metastore may break the container contract, you can copy your metastore and bind to that copy. Perform the following steps to bind to a copy of your metastore:

1. Create an arbitrary directory on your host file system to serve as the shared folder.

   For example, you can use d:\metastore on Windows.

2. Copy the .kettle and .pentaho directories from your home directory to shared folder, the d:/metastore directory for this example.

3. Copy any other files you need for processing your use case.

   In our example, the d:/metastore directory will then be bound to the /home/pentaho directory for the container.

4. Use the DockMaker command with -M parameter specified.

   For example, -M d:/metastore.