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Persistent Data Directories

The /data/ directory stores Arx data and configurations. This directory is mounted as a volume in the Docker template. If you mount this directory or any of its subdirectories, ensure that the user running the container has the appropriate permissions to access these volumes on the host system.

Path Inside Container Description
/data/postgres PostgreSQL database storage
/data/nginx Contains nginx configuration
/data/bin Custom scripts and binaries used within the container
/data/cache Cache directory used by Arx. Ensure both Nginx and Arx have the necessary permissions to access it.
/data/db_backup Directory for optional database backups (see DB_BACKUP_DIR)
/data/folder_structure folder structure
/data/blast-workdir BLAST databases, alias files, and taxonomy data used for BLAST searches
/data/blast/results Stored results of BLAST searches (one file per job)
/data/trees/results Stored results of phylogenetic tree computations