Changing persistent data location

Proxymiity ☆ edited on Apr 30, 2021.

/data prefix:

By default all persistent data is saved under /data, you can override this path by setting the DATA_FOLDER env variable:

docker run -d --name vaultwarden \
  -e DATA_FOLDER=/persistent \
  -v /vw-data/:/persistent/ \
  -p 80:80 \
  vaultwarden/server:latest

Notice, that you need to adapt your volume mount accordingly.

database name and location

Default is $DATA_FOLDER/db.sqlite3, you can change the path specifically for database using DATABASE_URL variable:

docker run -d --name vaultwarden \
  -e DATABASE_URL=/database/vaultwarden.sqlite3 \
  -v /vw-data/:/data/ \
  -v /vw-database/:/database/ \
  -p 80:80 \
  vaultwarden/server:latest

Note, that you need to remember to mount the volume for both database and other persistent data if they are different.

attachments location

Default is $DATA_FOLDER/attachments, you can change the path using ATTACHMENTS_FOLDER variable:

docker run -d --name vaultwarden \
  -e ATTACHMENTS_FOLDER=/attachments \
  -v /vw-data/:/data/ \
  -v /vw-attachments/:/attachments/ \
  -p 80:80 \
  vaultwarden/server:latest

Note, that you need to remember to mount the volume for both attachments and other persistent data if they are different.

icons cache

Default is $DATA_FOLDER/icon_cache, you can change the path using ICON_CACHE_FOLDER variable:

docker run -d --name vaultwarden \
  -e ICON_CACHE_FOLDER=/icon_cache \
  -v /vw-data/:/data/ \
  -v /icon_cache/ \
  -p 80:80 \
  vaultwarden/server:latest

Note, that in the above example we don't mount the volume locally, which means it won't be persisted during the upgrade unless you use intermediate data container using --volumes-from. This will impact performance as vaultwarden will have to re-download the icons on restart, but might save you from having stale icons in cache as they are not automatically cleaned.