Hello! I’m confused on the terminology used in the instructions for cleaning up space. I recently ran out of space on my 25GB droplet. Searching through here, I ran the launcher cleanup command, and got back a few GB. I did NOT delete “uncontainerized” images (I think that was the term presented in…

[image] NFULFX: . I did NOT delete “uncontainerized” images (I think that was the term presented in the console). That’s what you need to do. [image] NFULFX: Are those pictures (I want to keep all pictures!) or are those old discourse installation packages? No. They are docker disk im…

25GB is just barely enough. If you have many images you’re going to have trouble. The easy thing is to get a bigger droplet. The next-easiest thing is to add a data “volume” and put the images there. Just how to do that requires some knowledge about unix filesystems and docker mounts. There are sev…

I’m sorry I don’t know why I said 25GB when obviously there’s much more based on that screenshot I attached. I actually have 80GB. I appreciate the response @pfaffman , but do I still need those “images” as in the screenshot ? Some were last used 3 years ago. What are those things?

[image] NFULFX: What are those things Container images, not pictures. Kind of old versions of your Discourses. Don’t stop your app before deletion and you are on safe side.

I appreciate all the responses. I will select “Y” when I run the command again. Thank you!

Confused on "image" terminology - cleaning / deleting "base" / repository

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pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) September 10, 2025, 7:36pm 5

That’s what you need to do.

No. They are docker disk images.

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