I explain why I use Docker bind mounts instead of named Docker volumes in my homelab, keeping each container’s compose file and data together in a single directory for easier backups and migration. I weigh the tradeoffs of this approach and walk through migrating an Uptime Kuma container from a named volume to a bind mount by locating the volume’s files with docker inspect and copying them directly while the container is stopped, contrary to more complicated methods suggested elsewhere online...
