Have a closer look at app.yml and the Discourse docker image again as part of a new install, I was reminded that in the standard install , all data except for logs is handled via a single docker volume. Now this is probably varying between communities a lot, but if I look at our existing community, …

And here’s the related documentation: [image] Move Uploads and Backups to DigitalOcean Block Storage Self-Hosting So you want to move all uploads and backups to DigitalOcean Block Storage ? Before you do this, though, you might instead consider Configure an S3…

They can. Just change the app.yml to have them be wherever you want. You can have uploads, backups, postgres, any of them all wherever you like.

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schneeland March 23, 2025, 2:39pm 4

Thanks! I didn’t realize a container rebuild is all it needs.

Thread can be closed, then. I’ll follow the guide @Canapin linked.

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