I have about 20gb of space left and rather than upgrading my AWS Lightsail instance to the next level up I would rather just add an attached drive. I have done this and mounted it but I am unsure of what I need to do for Discourse to use it for either future uploads (hey wouldn’t that be nice) or mo…

Well, the same syntax that they use to have /var/discourse/shared/standalone map to /shared. But I think you want a bit more than the syntax. I think you’re more interested in the astral semantics, and I can’t remember exactly all the pieces, especially on my phone.

Is there a guide for moving /uploads to new attached disk drive?

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nathank (Nathan Kershaw) 9 oktober 2025 om 15:36 7

Thanks Jay, very helpful! What syntax should one use in app.yml to achieve that?

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Is there a guide for moving /uploads to new attached disk drive?

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