Moving Docker wsl files #5829

plleg · 2020-02-20T18:40:27Z

[x ] I have tried with the latest version of my channel (Stable or Edge)
[ x] I have uploaded Diagnostics
Diagnostics ID: 2F4E65B5-BC26-4EAB-94A4-E8AFD65D5F42/20200220172638

Expected behavior

docker starts

Actual behavior

docker does not start

Information

Windows Version: Windows 10 Pro insider preview 10.0.19564
Docker Desktop Version: 2.2.1.0 (42746)
Are you running inside a virtualized Windows e.g. on a cloud server or on a mac VM: no

Due to space limitations, I am trying to move files in %APPDATA%\Local\Docker to another drive. Finding up-to-date information on how to do this is bewildering. So I tried adding "data-root": "D:\docker" to the config section of Settings > Docker Engine.

Steps to reproduce the behavior

haimat · 2020-04-07T15:54:50Z

I have exactly the same problem.
Any news on this?

thijsputman · 2020-05-01T15:48:01Z

It's probably a matter of moving the two WSL2 distros created by Docker Desktop (output of wsl -l -v on my system):

Using these instructions (or similar): microsoft/WSL#4320 (comment)

wsl --export docker-desktop docker-desktop.tar
wsl --unregister docker-desktop
wsl --import docker-desktop X:\wslStore\ docker-desktop.tar --version 2

⚠ I haven't tried these instructions myself, so be very careful. There's good chance they'll destroy your Docker Desktop installation...

I'm just looking around to see if anyone has already figured out if and how this can be done (as I'm expecting to encounter disk-space issues at some point in the future).

haimat · 2020-05-01T15:51:10Z

@thijsputman Thanks for this feedback. I managed to do exactly what you suggested, and that worked fine for me. When I first started Docker after moving those two WSL distros it gave me some errors. But after restarting my whole machine and starting Docker again it works fine now, even with the moved WSL distros.

thijsputman · 2020-05-01T16:15:27Z

@haimat, thanks for the confirmation; it indeed appears to work just fine 🙂

Issued a wsl --shutdown before the export/import; didn't get any errors when starting Docker aftewards. Now fingers crossed that it survives an update of Docker Desktop application...

tfossoul · 2020-05-13T07:34:44Z

It's probably a matter of moving the two WSL2 distros created by Docker Desktop (output of wsl -l -v on my system):

Using these instructions (or similar): microsoft/WSL#4320 (comment)
wsl --export docker-desktop docker-desktop.tar
wsl --unregister docker-desktop
wsl --import docker-desktop X:\wslStore\ docker-desktop.tar --version 2
⚠ I haven't tried these instructions myself, so be very careful. There's good chance they'll destroy your Docker Desktop installation...

I'm just looking around to see if anyone has already figured out if and how this can be done (as I'm expecting to encounter disk-space issues at some point in the future).

This is working for me but then my ubuntu 18.04 start as root user instead of my personnal user.
Found the solution here: microsoft/WSL#4276 (comment)

thijsputman · 2020-05-13T08:44:40Z

Now fingers crossed that it survives an update of Docker Desktop application...

A small addition: It's sufficient to move the docker-desktop-data WSL-distro. The other one (docker-dekstop) gets restored to its original location when you update Docker Desktop – it's small and doesn't grow in size when using Docker.

garbinmarcelo · 2020-06-30T22:42:35Z

any news?

darthdeus · 2020-07-07T10:22:42Z

Just linking the other relevant issue that was auto-closed a few days ago #3122 ... same problem, can confirm still happening for me as well.

Erokos · 2020-09-25T14:01:02Z

Hi @thijsputman I'm interested to know if the setup survived an update? I've successfully used this thread to set up my WSL2 distro and Docker on a different drive but am afraid to update Docker now :D

thijsputman · 2020-09-25T16:55:21Z

Hey @Erokos, it survives updates of Docker Desktop just fine!

The only thing that happens is that the (small) docker-desktop container gets restored to its original location (if you even bothered to move that one in the first place).

rdettai · 2020-12-16T15:30:03Z

it worked perfectly for me across multiple updates, but just stopped working... it maybe has something to do with 3.0.0 ?

thijsputman · 2020-12-21T13:24:43Z

it worked perfectly for me across multiple updates, but just stopped working... it maybe has something to do with 3.0.0 ?

Just updated to 3.0.0 and on my system it's still working as expected (with docker-desktop-data still in its non-default location).

al-yakubovich · 2021-01-30T05:45:53Z

After I did:

wsl --export docker-desktop docker-desktop.tar
wsl --unregister docker-desktop
wsl --import docker-desktop X:\wslStore\ docker-desktop.tar --version 2

docker-compose up stopped working.

I was getting the following error:
ERROR: Cannot start container: failed to update store for object type ....

I solved this issue after I've restarted docker TWICE.

mloskot · 2021-03-29T15:38:58Z

@al-yakubovich From the commands you listed, you forgot to run wsl --shutdown first, then follow with the other three.

See https://dev.to/kimcuonthenet/move-docker-desktop-data-distro-out-of-system-drive-4cg2

docker-robott · 2021-06-27T01:00:15Z

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hchokshi · 2021-07-01T21:30:53Z

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This would be very useful when running the system off a smaller drive and having a larger data drive (e.g. NVMe system drive, larger SSD/HDD for data).

gabrielsoldani · 2021-08-24T12:30:22Z

It'd be nice if this was officially supported, or at least officially documented.

The GUI says under Resources that "You are using the WSL 2 backend, so resource limits are managed by Windows." It seems like, at least for docker-desktop-data, the resources' location is also abstracted away from Docker and managed by Windows, but as the message says only about limits, this is not part of the contract.

IsisChameleon · 2021-08-25T01:05:27Z

Hey, thanks for saving my clogged C: drive!
I tried the whole procedure with Docker version 20.10.8, build 3967b7d, wsl 2 ubuntu 20.04 Kernel version 5.4.72 on Windows 10 Pro and it worked like a charm.

(1) list WSL stores: wsl -l -v

They should be stopped after stopping docker desktop
(2) wsl --shutdown

(3) wsl --export docker-desktop-data docker-desktop.tar
wsl --unregister docker-desktop-data
wsl --import docker-desktop-data G:\WslStore\ docker-desktop-data.tar --version 2

(4) restart computer (just in case) ... docker desktop started without a glitch and my container is up and running with my named volume as before etc...

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ytilotti · 2021-11-23T08:27:31Z

Hi all, thanks for your answer. @IsisChameleon there is a little typo error on your command. I make this process in my side:

wsl -l -v
wsl --shutdown
wsl --export docker-desktop-data G:\Docker\WslStore\docker-desktop-data.tar
wsl --unregister docker-desktop-data
wsl --import docker-desktop-data G:\Docker\WslStore\ G:\Docker\WslStore\docker-desktop-data.tar --version 2

## Restart the computer, up Docker and tests
rm G:\Docker\WslStore\docker-desktop-data.tar

mg-christian-axelsson · 2021-11-23T08:30:24Z

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Even if this won't be supported by official tooling it should at least be documented in the official documentation.

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edisoncpp · 2023-08-27T22:01:15Z

After some ASP.NET Core compose of containers started filling up my development computer quickly, I stood up a 3 TB NAS server sharing with SMB. I mapped a drive (N) to a new NAS share and after doing the shutdown, and export ran the following:

wsl --import docker-desktop-data "N:\data" "N:\data\docker-desktop-data.tar"

causes:
This security ID may not be assigned as the owner of this object.
Error code: Wsl/Service/0x8007051b

I've tried looking at various permissions, but can't seem to get it to accept the new location, it creates an empty ext4.vhdx and stops. This puts me dead in the water as the files are too large for my development laptop that otherwise would have 12 Gb free.

Any ideas on the work around?

Thanks!

2020-abhilash · 2024-06-12T07:17:48Z

Seems like the movement of the disk to another drive didn't survive a Docker Desktop upgrade.

docker-robott added the version/2.2.1.0 label Feb 20, 2020

nickteeple mentioned this issue Jun 8, 2020

Put "C:\ProgramData\Docker" on a different drive? Configuration option? #185

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How to move ext4.vhdx to a non system disk? #7348

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nathanblair mentioned this issue Jan 17, 2021

Note the special-case of WSL2 Docker Data Storage path docker/docs#12114

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Provide option to store Docker images/containers/volumes on other drives microsoft/WSL#7128

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plleg commented Feb 20, 2020

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Moving Docker wsl files #5829

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plleg commented Feb 20, 2020

Expected behavior

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