Are there instructions for how to move an entire Discourse instance to another disk, e.g. a block storage volume from Digital Ocean? I have a self hosted Docker image. There’s some info here about it but its a bit tangled up with other discussion. I am out of space and launcher wont rebuild for that…

See: [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 compatible object storage provide…

Not exactly my case. I want to move the Discourse instance to block storage on the same server. I do not want to move to a new server. And I want to move all, not just uploads and backups. Sorry to need so much handholding! I don’t want to mess this up.

Then I think you’d want to look at the first doc I linked. Essentially you would move the uploads and backups to the mounted disk, but keep the database on the main drive. [image] Move Uploads and Backups to DigitalOcean Block Storage Move /var/discourse/shared to the volume For best performance…

I have not checked but I thought its the database taking up the space, and need ing moving. High performance is not a consideration.

Best to start by measuring and sharing your measurements - you might well be right about the best way to proceed, but let’s see the shape of things. Although the docker prune is a good idea too. The size of the disk: df -h / And the usage of that disk right now: [image] 2.6.0 beta 3 update fa…

Simple summary of how to move Discourse to a larger disk

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Ethsim2 (Ethan ) October 25, 2026, 7:36am 6

have you tried a broader Docker cleanup using docker system prune, rather than just removing images?

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Simple summary of how to move Discourse to a larger disk

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