Mount folders (import, files, binaries) to local directory and not in a Docker volume

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By default (when you use the default docker-compose) the Hashtopolis folder (import, files and binaries) are in a Docker volume.

You can list this volume via docker volume ls. You can also access the volume directly in the backend, because it is mounted at: /usr/local/share/hashtopolis inside the container.

However, if you do not want the use the volume but want to use folders of the host OS you can change the mount points in the docker compose file:

version: '3.7'
services:
  hashtopolis-backend:
    container_name: hashtopolis-backend
    image: hashtopolis/backend:latest
    restart: always
    volumes:
      # Where /opt/hashtopolis/<folder> are folders on you host OS.
      - /opt/hashtopolis/config:/usr/local/share/hashtopolis/config:Z
      - /opt/hashtopolis/log:/usr/local/share/hashtopolis/log:Z
      - /opt/hashtopolis/import:/usr/local/share/hashtopolis/import:Z
      - /opt/hashtopolis/binaries:/usr/local/share/hashtopolis/binaries:Z
      - /opt/hashtopolis/files:/usr/local/share/hashtopolis/files:Z
    environment:
      HASHTOPOLIS_DB_USER: $MYSQL_USER
      HASHTOPOLIS_DB_PASS: $MYSQL_PASSWORD
      HASHTOPOLIS_DB_HOST: $HASHTOPOLIS_DB_HOST
      HASHTOPOLIS_DB_DATABASE: $MYSQL_DATABASE
      HASHTOPOLIS_ADMIN_USER: $HASHTOPOLIS_ADMIN_USER
      HASHTOPOLIS_ADMIN_PASSWORD: $HASHTOPOLIS_ADMIN_PASSWORD
      HASHTOPOLIS_APIV2_ENABLE: $HASHTOPOLIS_APIV2_ENABLE
    depends_on:
      - db
    ports:
      - 8080:80
  db:
    container_name: db
    image: mysql:8.0
    restart: always
    volumes:
      - db:/var/lib/mysql
    environment:
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: $MYSQL_ROOT_PASS
      MYSQL_DATABASE: $MYSQL_DATABASE
      MYSQL_USER: $MYSQL_USER
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: $MYSQL_PASSWORD
  hashtopolis-frontend:
    container_name: hashtopolis-frontend
    image: hashtopolis/frontend:latest
    environment:
      HASHTOPOLIS_BACKEND_URL: $HASHTOPOLIS_BACKEND_URL
    restart: always
    depends_on: 
      - hashtopolis-backend
    ports:
      - 4200:80
volumes:
  db:
  hashtopolis:

Make sure to copy everything out of the docker volume, you can do that using:
docker cp hashtopolis-backend:/usr/local/share/hashtopolis <directory>

Next, recreate the containers:
docker compose down
docker compose up

Remember to copy the contents back into the folders.