# How to upload files in root directory?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-upload-files-in-root-directory/48388>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [9. August 2016 um 10:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-upload-files-in-root-directory/48388 "2016-08-09T10:17:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tom\_Newsom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tom_newsom/32/115981_2.png) [@Tom\_Newsom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tom_Newsom)\
**Post date:** [9. August 2016 um 14:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-upload-files-in-root-directory/48388/3 "2016-08-09T14:35:01Z")

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> [@Falco](#):
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> Discourse have a plugin to get push notifications already

But only for a subset of browsers and devices (and even then, not reliably)

@SMT - The “root” of your discourse instance lives inside the docker container. SSH in to your server and `cd /var/discourse` then `./launcher enter app`. Trouble is, anything you store here will be wiped when you run an update.

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