From 079812a9fa08428df348c8540b20979cccca4040 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Linus Gasser <linus.gasser@epfl.ch>
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2026 15:46:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Adding a data volume to nextcloud

Instead of storing the nextcloud data as a docker volume,
store it on the local filesystem.
---
 .env.sample            | 5 +++++
 compose.local-data.yml | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 compose.local-data.yml

diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
index a1bd2ae..3280573 100644
--- a/.env.sample
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ SECRET_ADMIN_PASSWORD_VERSION=v1
 
 EXTRA_VOLUME=/dev/null:/tmp/.dummy
 
+# Use a local bind mount for nextdata instead of a named volume.
+# The directory must exist on the host before deploying.
+# COMPOSE_FILE="$COMPOSE_FILE:compose.local-data.yml"
+# NEXTDATA_PATH=/path/on/host/nextdata
+
 PHP_MEMORY_LIMIT=1G
 PHP_UPLOAD_LIMIT=512M
 # fpm-tune, see: https://spot13.com/pmcalculator/
diff --git a/compose.local-data.yml b/compose.local-data.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29c56c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compose.local-data.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+volumes:
+  nextdata:
+    driver: local
+    driver_opts:
+      type: none
+      o: bind
+      device: ${NEXTDATA_PATH}