# Not using volumes (or automatically using S3) when hosting with Docker

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-using-volumes-or-automatically-using-s3-when-hosting-with-docker/258952>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [March 21, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-using-volumes-or-automatically-using-s3-when-hosting-with-docker/258952 "2023-03-21T19:56:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![milo123459](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/milo123459/32/298982_2.png) [@milo123459](https://meta.discourse.org/u/milo123459)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-using-volumes-or-automatically-using-s3-when-hosting-with-docker/258952/1 "2023-03-21T19:56:16Z")

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Hello! Is there a way to host Discourse via a Docker image and not use volumes? I was wondering if there was any way I could hook up the volume through the compose file/docker command line to automatically link the volume to S3.

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