Store documents on different location on local storage

Workspace
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Hello! Is there any capabability to change the local storage path of onlyoffice workspace? I’d like to store documents on external drive.
Community Server/Control Panel version: 3.5.0.516
Type of installation of Workspace (docker)
OS: Ubuntu 18.04

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hi @rahmo

Do you need to specify a network folder as the data storage for Community Server?
(we are working on it already, internal number – 48532)

Please provide more details about your scenario if I misunderstood you.
Similar request:Problem with autosave on NFS volume

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No. Actually, I want to specify my external hard disk drive which is installed in same server as workspace is installed in as a local storage for my onlyoffice server.

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@rahmo
Listen, I had the same question.

Basically, there is one way, but I can’t guarantee its reliability. It worked for me.

If you need to move an already installed product to another directory:

  1. Stop and remove the containers.
  2. Move the data from the default directory to the desired one.
    Move the data from /app to the new location:

cp -rp /app/onlyoffice/ /MyCustomDir/

  1. Get the script:

wget https://download.onlyoffice.com/install/install.sh

  1. Change the directory in the script (line 19):
    BASE_DIR="/app/$PRODUCT"; to BASE_DIR="/MyCustomDir/$PRODUCT";

  2. Run it. I ran it with additional parameters

bash install.sh -it WORKSPACE -ms false -ims false -skiphc true

-it — installation type (GROUPS|WORKSPACE|WORKSPACE_ENTERPRISE)
-ms — make swap file
-ims — install or update mail server
-skiphc — skip hardware check

Next, check the functionality of the portal.
If the portal takes a long time to load (>5-7 minutes):

  1. Check if all containers are running.
  2. Run the script from the CommunityServer container: bash /app/run-community-server.sh (it takes some time)
  3. If the loading problem persists or Error 502, you can restart mono in the CommunityServer container: service monoserve restart

I do not recommend doing this directly on your main machine. Try testing this scenario on a snapshot or backup.

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There are places online that say we can add something like

–env DOCUMENTS_DATADIR=“/mnt/ncdata” \

to the docker run command for the container. I just installed docker version with script. Shouldn’t there be a yml file I can tweak with this?

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If that is not possible with a docker install, would it not be possible with a .deb install?

I have a 4TB drive I want to use for documents so I can sync/backup. I don’t want documents polluting my system drive.

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Hello @seasoned_geek

Unfortunately, we do not have guides on how to change base directory in Workspace. @Olgerd has shared their workaround to this case, but it is up to you to use it or not.

There is no such variable available for Docker installation of Workspace. It seems to be related to the Nextcloud installation after all.

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I wiped the machine I test installed on. Without this ability your product is useless.