Re-homing Docker Data directory
1. Why?
By default Docker data is stored in `/var/lib/docker`, ie mounted as a part of `/`. However, `/` may not have enough space to to hold all your Docker images, forget volumes or running software like Kind. Let's change this.
This guide is based on: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/how-to-move-the-default-var-lib-docker-to-another-directory-for-docker-on-linux
2. Pick your new directory
Let's create a folder to hold the `docker` related stuff on a mount that has lot of space. For this example, say `/home`. Create `/home/docker`.
3. Stop Docker
``` sudo systemctl stop docker ```
4. Copy over the existing files
``` sudo cp -axT /var/lib/docker /home/docker/data ``` This may take some time.
5. Edit the Docker config file
Edit your `/etc/docker/daemon.json` file to include the following line: ``` "graph": "/home/docker/data" ``` Note the key used here: "graph". In newer versions of Docker, you need "data-root". You can verify this by seeing which of the 2 flags is available under `dockerd help`.
6. Restart Docker Daemon
``` sudo systemctl start docker ```
That's it. Docker should start up and work well.