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+# Directory: /data
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+This is the directory to keep the persistence data, expecially for docker containers.
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+This directory should be ignored in git.
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+## /data/mysql
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+See: [docker-compose.db.yml](/docker-compose.db.yml)
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+The docker-compose mounts the mysql data folder and save the mysql data in this directory. 
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