# Datadir not there **URL:** \ **Category:** ℹ️ Support\ **Tags:** docker, docker\_101, aio, cloudflare\ **Created:** [March 23, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/datadir-not-there/220901 "2025-03-23T17:59:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jumima68](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/jumima68/32/70405_2.png) [@Jumima68](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/Jumima68)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/datadir-not-there/220901/1 "2025-03-23T17:59:01Z")
## The Basics - Nextcloud Server version _(e.g., 29.x.x)_: - `10.7.0` - Operating system and version _(e.g., Ubuntu 24.04)_: - `Debian` - Web server and version _(e.g, Apache 2.4.25)_: - `Latest Docker container` - Reverse proxy and version \_(e.g. nginx 1.27.2) - `Latest Docker container` - PHP version _(e.g, 8.3)_: - `Latest Docker container` - Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Yes / No): - `Yes` - When did this problem seem to first start? - `Today` - Installation method _(e.g. AlO, NCP, Bare Metal/Archive, etc.)_ - `Docker` - Are you using CloudfIare, mod\_security, or similar? _(Yes / No)_ - `Yes, cloudflare tunnel` ### Summary of the issue you are facing: Basically my [nextcloud-aio-nextcloud] container fails to start, which causes some sub container to not start as well. ### Steps to replicate it (hint: details matter!): 1. Start all containers ### Log entries #### Nextcloud ```auto Connection to nextcloud-aio-database (172.18.0.3) 5432 port [tcp/postgresql] succeeded! now ------------------------------- 2025-03-23 17:12:05.067262+00 (1 row) + '[' -f /dev-dri-group-was-added ']' ++ find /dev -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -name dri + '[' -n '' ']' + set +x Connection to nextcloud-aio-redis (172.18.0.4) 6379 port [tcp/redis] succeeded! Appdata is not present. Did you maybe change the datadir after the initial Nextcloud installation? This is not supported! See https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one#how-to-change-the-default-location-of-nextclouds-datadir If you adjusted the datadir to be located on an external drive, make sure that the drive is still mounted! In the datadir was found: total 4 drwxr-x--- 2 www-data root 40 Mar 23 17:12 . drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Mar 23 16:47 .. ``` ### Configuration #### Nextcloud ```auto services: app: image: nextcloud/all-in-one:latest restart: unless-stopped container_name: nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer volumes: - nextcloud_aio_mastercontainer:/mnt/docker-aio-config - //var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro ports: - 80:80 - 8080:8080 - 8443:8443 environment: - APACHE_PORT=11000 - APACHE_IP_BINDING=0.0.0.0 - NEXTCLOUD_DATADIR=/run/desktop/mnt/host/d/ncdata tunnel: image: cloudflare/cloudflared:latest restart: unless-stopped command: tunnel run environment: - TUNNEL_TOKEN= volumes: nextcloud_aio_mastercontainer: name: nextcloud_aio_mastercontainer ``` Additional info: I did not change the directory or change drives or anything, it was working before and now just stopped working. ---
**Author:** ![wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/wwe/32/72963_2.png) [@wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/wwe)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 8:43am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/datadir-not-there/220901/2 "2025-03-24T08:43:50Z")
> [@Jumima68](#): > > `- NEXTCLOUD_DATADIR=/run/desktop/mnt/host/d/ncdata` this doesn’t sound right - I bet you don’t have `/run/desktop..` in your AIO container. as you mount the mastercontainer volume into `/mnt/docker-aio-config` likely this is the value you want to use there… Please familiarize yourself with [Docker volumes](https://docs.docker.com/engine/storage/volumes/) ---
**Author:** ![szaimen](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/szaimen/32/63019_2.png) [@szaimen](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/szaimen)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 10:57am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/datadir-not-there/220901/3 "2025-03-24T10:57:53Z")
Hi, @wwe, please check [GitHub - nextcloud/all-in-one: 📦 The official Nextcloud installation method. Provides easy deployment and maintenance with most features included in this one Nextcloud instance.](https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one?tab=readme-ov-file#how-to-change-the-default-location-of-nextclouds-datadir). This is actually the correct apporach because the sibling nextcloud-aio-nextcloud container will have the chosen directory mounted as volume. ---
**Author:** ![wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/wwe/32/72963_2.png) [@wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/wwe)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/datadir-not-there/220901/4 "2025-03-24T12:09:41Z")
OMG I will never understand this tool! It’s really way too complicated for me. but still wrong: > [@Jumima68](#): > > `- NEXTCLOUD_DATADIR=/run/desktop/mnt/host/d/ncdata` when the system is running > [@Jumima68](#): > > Operating system and version _(e.g., Ubuntu 24.04)_: > > - `Debian` ---
**Author:** ![Jumima68](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/jumima68/32/70405_2.png) [@Jumima68](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/Jumima68)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/datadir-not-there/220901/6 "2025-04-26T16:46:02Z")
So like what do I need to change now, in order that it mounts the right volume? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/system/32/29333_2.png) [@system](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/datadir-not-there/220901/7 "2025-07-25T16:46:19Z")
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