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How do I persist data in a Docker container?

Posted on March 18, 2025

I’m running a Docker container on my Droplet and noticed that every time I recreate the container, all my data is gone. What’s the proper way to store data so it doesn’t get lost when the container restarts or gets rebuilt?

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