Shell script to move the Docker Root directory on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial.
To use this script simply edit the line /dockerdir_new='/docker/var/' to reflect your intended new Docker Root location and chmod +x move-docker-root.sh, then run with ./move-docker-root.sh.
Tested working on:
Client: Version: 17.05.0-ce API version: 1.29 Go version: go1.7.5 Git commit: 89658be Built: Thu May 4 22:10:54 2017 OS/Arch: linux/amd64
Server: Version: 17.05.0-ce API version: 1.29 (minimum version 1.12) Go version: go1.7.5 Git commit: 89658be Built: Thu May 4 22:10:54 2017 OS/Arch: linux/amd64 Experimental: false