Store persistent data outside config directory

Configuration
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Hi, I’m trying to migrate to a new deployment workflow but running into problems because the config folder contains both configuration and persistent data.

I’m running HA with Docker on a local Kubernetes instance.
At startup the config is pulled from Git and stored in a temporary config folder, so all information in this folder is refreshed during restarts. I’ve found I can relocate the database file to a different location so I can mount a hostpath to keep that information between restarts.

But the problem is with other persistent data, especially the following files/folders:

  • .storage/
  • .homekit.state
  • .ios.conf
  • .uuid

Is there a way to write those files to a different location?

2

Currently I don;t think this is possible.

3

You could force bind mounts on your container, and direct each of those locations to a location of your choice on the host.

4

Bind mounts won’t work in this situation. At startup I would like to replace the complete config in the directory with the config from Git. This ensures the Git config is correct and there are no local changes.

5

Seems like it would work to me.

Doing the git pull before the docker container starts would work, which means the bind mount would work

6

You’re right, the git pull might work. That would allow both versioned and unversioned files in the same directory. I’ll give that a try, thanks.