1. Stop existing deployment 2. Create a dedicated named docker volume with `docker volume create target-vol` 3. Copy existing contents ```shell # copy docker run -d --rm --name temp -v target-vol:/mnt alpine tail -f /dev/null docker cp /opt/.../. temp:/mnt # once finished docker stop temp ``` 4. Adapt existing deployment ```shell # dedicated volumes section volumes: target-vol: external: true # change any mount paths volumes: - target-vol:/.... ``` 5. Adapt any backup scripts which would point to the old data host directory