# How to change data directory in VM install?

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-change-data-directory-in-vm-install/214293>\
**Category:** 📦 Appliances (Docker, Snappy, VM, NCP, AIO)\
**Tags:** vm\
**Created:** [January 7, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-change-data-directory-in-vm-install/214293 "2025-01-07T10:48:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-change-data-directory-in-vm-install/214293/1 "2025-01-07T10:48:27Z")

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1. Installed the VM package and it works great. But how do I change the data directory (files, photos, etc) to be on my NAS instead of on my server that’s running nextcloud vm? I have the NAS drive mounted to my server via NFS at /mnt/nextcloud

2. I can access nextcloud via the ip address (192.168.0.xxx) but not the domain url.

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**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:** [April 7, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-change-data-directory-in-vm-install/214293/2 "2025-04-07T10:48:48Z")

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