Hi all,

I want to ask about docker volumes, is it possible to mount multiple directories in one volume?

Example:

docker run ..... -v nginx-data:/usr/share/nginx -v nginx-data:/etc/nginx nginx

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  • SnooPets20@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It works, but all the files will be mixed together. This isn’t really a problem, since if the container wants to access file_a in volume1, and file_b in volume2, then it will be able to do so no problem. The problem is when you have two different files named file_a in the two different mount points in the container. In that case, one file will get overwritten by the other.

    Just use separate volumes.

  • maximus459@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Yes. Buuut…

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    If the same files in said folder are being written to that might cause issues…

    I do have a few containers like that, but one folder is read-only…