This is the question about the 10GO min, what in the docker container take so much place ? A default install of Discourse is ~5-6go, so what takes so much space with an empty forum ? Thanks

Did you try the CLI command docker df -v If you’re talking about requirements instead of “normal” use, certain operations (eg. backup) temporarily use more space than is normally used.

This one ? [image] Why does discourse take up so much disk space? To answer the question in your title: Discourse takes up a lot of space because it’s significantly easier for everyone if we just ship a copy of everything above the kernel in one neat little package, rather than trying to shoehor…

Hmm, I thought I’d done a longer-form explanation than that somewhere. That one you found isn’t as wall-of-texty as I tend to produce when roused to action.

Why does the docker image take so much space?

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mpalmer (Matt Palmer) August 1, 2017, 12:33am 3

This has been covered before, in some detail. Check the archives, I know I’ve answered this question at least once before.

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Why does the docker image take so much space?

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