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Last active April 4, 2024 09:13
Change docker's default /var/lib/docker to different directory on Ubuntu
1. Take a backup of docker.service file.
$ cp /lib/systemd/system/docker.service /lib/systemd/system/docker.service.orig
2. Modify /lib/systemd/system/docker.service to tell docker to use our own directory
instead of default /var/lib/docker. In this example, I am using /p/var/lib/docker
Apply below patch.
$ diff -uP -N /lib/systemd/system/docker.service.orig /lib/systemd/system/docker.service
--- /lib/systemd/system/docker.service.orig 2018-12-05 21:24:20.544852391 -0800