From 61c5b410274e0bf2bed13ed45e54fe307b441234 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Victor Lee Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2025 17:02:28 -1000 Subject: [PATCH] docs: update docker volume location in windows (#1326) * docs: update docker volume location in windows in newer versions of docker, the location of Docker volumes has now changed. See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/64418064 * add paths for older versions of Docker * add newlines Co-authored-by: Gauthier --------- Co-authored-by: Gauthier --- docs/getting-started/docker.mdx | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/getting-started/docker.mdx b/docs/getting-started/docker.mdx index 79481625..4bdf43f8 100644 --- a/docs/getting-started/docker.mdx +++ b/docs/getting-started/docker.mdx @@ -179,7 +179,14 @@ volumes: -To access the files inside the volume created above, navigate to `\\wsl$\docker-desktop-data\version-pack-data\community\docker\volumes\jellyseerr-data\_data` using File Explorer. +To access the files inside the volume created above, navigate to the following folder using File Explorer: + +For Docker v26.1.4 or higher: `\\wsl$\docker-desktop\mnt\docker-desktop-disk\data\docker\volumes\jellyseerr-data\_data` + +For older versions of Docker: +`\\wsl$\docker-desktop-data\data\docker\volumes\jellyseerr-data\_data` +or +`\\wsl$\docker-desktop-data\version-pack-data\community\docker\volumes\jellyseerr-data\_data` :::info Docker on Windows works differently than it does on Linux; it runs Docker inside of a stripped-down Linux VM. Volume mounts are exposed to Docker inside this VM via SMB mounts. While this is fine for media, it is unacceptable for the `/app/config` directory because SMB does not support file locking. This will eventually corrupt your database, which can lead to slow behavior and crashes.