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title: Resize Docker Storage
slug: resize-docker-storage
docTags: 
createdAt: 2023-09-03T14:24:40.087Z
---

# File based storage

- Stop docker and orc services

:::CodeblockTabs
shell

```shell
systemctl stop osn docker.socket docker
```
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- Create new file with new size and format it in XFS filesystem

```shell
fallocate -l 500G /docker-data-new.img
mkfs -t xfs /docker-data-new.img
```

- Mount new filesystem on temporary folder and move docker data

```shell
mount /docker-data-new.img /mnt
mv /var/lib/docker/* /mnt
```

- Replace filesystem

```shell
umount /mnt
umount /var/lib/docker
sed -i 's|docker-data|docker-data-new|' /etc/fstab
mount /var/lib/docker
```

- Remove old filesystem and start docker and orc services

```shell
rm /docker-data.img
systemctl start docker osn
```