# invalid mount config for type "bind": bind source path does not exist

**Code:** `bind source path does not exist` · **Category:** Docker · **Seen on:** Docker

A -v/--mount or Compose volume points at a host path that doesn’t exist (from the Docker daemon’s point of view).

## Meaning

With --mount type=bind Docker refuses missing paths (-v silently creates an empty directory). On Docker Desktop and remote contexts, the path must exist on the machine/VM running the daemon, and Windows paths need the right format.

## Common causes

- Typo or relative path resolved from another directory
- Path exists on your laptop but the daemon is remote/VM
- Windows path format (C:\ vs /c/)
- File not created yet (e.g. a config file)

## Quick fix

1. Use an absolute path: "$(pwd)/config"
2. Create the file/folder first
3. On Windows use C:/path or /c/path consistently

## Detailed fix by platform

### Docker

1. 

```bash
mkdir -p "$(pwd)/data"
docker run --mount type=bind,source="$(pwd)/data",target=/data alpine ls /data
```


## How to diagnose

1. **Path** — ls -la the exact source path
2. **Daemon** — Local or remote context?
3. **Format** — Windows path style

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Source: [WhatIsMyError](https://whatismyerror.com/errors/docker/bind-source-path-does-not-exist)