Move vmail volume
If you want to use another folder for the vmail-volume, you can create an docker-compose.override.yml
file and add:
version: '2.1' volumes: vmail-vol-1: driver_opts: type: none device: /data/mailcow/vmail o: bind
Moving an existing vmail folder:¶
- Locate the current vmail folder by its "Mountpoint" attribute:
docker volume inspect mailcowdockerized_vmail-vol-1
[ { "CreatedAt": "2019-06-16T22:08:34+02:00", "Driver": "local", "Labels": { "com.docker.compose.project": "mailcowdockerized", "com.docker.compose.version": "1.23.2", "com.docker.compose.volume": "vmail-vol-1" }, "Mountpoint": "/var/lib/docker/volumes/mailcowdockerized_vmail-vol-1/_data", "Name": "mailcowdockerized_vmail-vol-1", "Options": null, "Scope": "local" } ]
- Copy the content of the
Mountpoint
folder to the new location (e.g./data/mailcow/vmail
) usingcp -a
,rsync -a
or a similar non strcuture breaking copy command - Stop mailcow by executing
docker-compose down
from within your mailcow root folder (e.g./opt/mailcow-dockerized
) - Create the file
docker-compose.override.yml
, edit the device path accordingly - Delete the current vmail folder:
docker volume rm mailcowdockerized_vmail-vol-1
- Start mailcow by executing
docker-compose up -d
from within your mailcow root folder (e.g./opt/mailcow-dockerized
)