# How to mount persistent disk to HF Spaces In Docker?
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**Author:**  [@hamel](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fhamel)%5C
**Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fhow-to-mount-persistent-disk-to-hf-spaces-in-docker%2F54161%2F1 "2023-09-08T20:30:19Z")
The new [persistent storage](https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/spaces-storage#persistent-storage-specs) seems fantastic. How do I mount the storage into the Docker container on spaces? An update to the documentation would be welcome here!
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**Author:**  [@radames](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fradames)%5C
**Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fhow-to-mount-persistent-disk-to-hf-spaces-in-docker%2F54161%2F2 "2023-09-08T21:21:20Z")
hi @hamel, thanks for the feedback, we’ll improve the docs.
Unfortunately, at moment, `/data/` is not available at Docker build time, we’re looking into improve that DX cc @chris-rannou
Here is an example how I use it on a Dockerfile, by exporting the `huggingface-hub` env `HF_HOME` to point to the `/data/` , so in this example new downloaded models will be cached across rebuilds
```auto
ENV HF_HOME=/data/.huggingface
```
> **[Dockerfile · SpacesExamples/Gradio-Docker-Persistent-Storage at main](https://huggingface.co/spaces/SpacesExamples/Gradio-Docker-Persistent-Storage/blob/main/Dockerfile#L23)**
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Another useful workaround, since the data files are not on the UI yet, if you ever need, this is using nginx proxying the main web service in addition to a simple `autoindex` on the `/data/` folder. Please ignore the ComfyUI setup steps.
Dockerfile - [Dockerfile · radames/ComfyUI-data-index at main](https://huggingface.co/spaces/radames/ComfyUI-data-index/blob/main/Dockerfile)
Nginx - [nginx.conf · radames/ComfyUI-data-index at main](https://huggingface.co/spaces/radames/ComfyUI-data-index/blob/main/nginx.conf)
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**Author:**  [@radames](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fradames)%5C
**Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fhow-to-mount-persistent-disk-to-hf-spaces-in-docker%2F54161%2F3 "2023-12-19T22:06:55Z")
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