I’m trying to install Linkwarden and I want to make sure I get the storage right so that if I have to move the data to another VM, it is easy to do. If I use the default compose file, will it simply create a ./data ./pgdata and ./meili_data folders in the same folder where the docker compose file is? Which of course is very handy as then I have the compose, the .env and the data all in one place. Is this a good way of managing docker volumes? The install docs here say that I can also set a STORAGE_FOLDER variable in the .env file which by default is /data. But does this mean that the default is in the root directory of the host?

  • ArchAengelus@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Docker compose files (and docker execs) use the following format

      volumes:
    - <host_storage_path>:<vm_mount_path>

    If the docker-compose has a ${VAR_NAME}:/data, then it will replace it directly with the variable defined in the .env file in the same directory with the format

    VAR_NAME=/path/on/host

    And would mount the host’s /path/on/host to /data