How to place config.json, database and logfile outside of a pimatic docker container

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Hello,

I created a docker pimatic implementation op my RPI3.

But I got a issue:

I want to place the config.json, database and logfiles outside of my container.

I played with -v /path:/path option in the run command but that mounts a complete hostdirectory into the container directory. If I do that with the /home/pi/pimatic-app directory the mount works, but masqurades the container /home/pi/pimatic-app direcory with the complete node directory structure. So useless.

Is there a way to configure pimatic to place and use the config.json, logdir and database files outside the /home/pi/pimatic-app tree on another directory, so I can map that directory to my host using the -v /path:/path option?

@edautz I think you can also map single files with the -voption

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42248198/how-to-mount-a-single-file-in-a-volume?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=google_rich_qa&utm_campaign=google_rich_qa

It’s also stated in the docs

https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/run/#mount-tmpfs—tmpfs

@mwittig,

Thanx for your swift respons.

The cavecat was that both host and docker files with exactly the same name, should be present at docker run time.

Mapped the config.json, pimatic-daemon.log and pimatic-database.sqlite files to my host. Pimatic starts up fine in het docker container.