From aa872826355c5af7fb1f4f07a6aeb5959c31e5db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Sandlin <joshs@replicated.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:27:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] host volume mount, not just ephemeral docker storage

---
 .gitignore          | 1 +
 docker-compose.yaml | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8541464..5f67d5d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 deploy
+zot-data/
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index ed6312a..5d75918 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ services:
       - "127.0.0.1:5000:5000"
     volumes:
       - ./zot-config.json:/etc/zot/config.json:ro
+      # Registry blobs live on the host, not in the container layer. Docker
+      # creates this directory on first start; zot runs as root so no chown
+      # dance is needed. Path matches storage.rootDirectory in zot-config.json.
+      - ./zot-data:/var/lib/zot
     networks:
       - ttlsh-network