diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 98f5e5a9..846be6e8 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -614,13 +614,11 @@ You're already using Nextcloud and want to switch to docker? Great! Here are som docker-compose exec app chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/custom_apps ``` -## Migrating from a non-Alpine image to an Alpine image - -If you already use one of our non-Alpine images, but want to switch to an Alpine-based image, you may experience permissions problems with your existing volumes. This is because the Alpine images uses a different user ID for `www-data`. -So, you must change the ownership of the `/var/www/html` (or `$NEXTCLOUD_DATA_DIR`) folder to be compatible with Alpine: +If you already use Nextcloud with Docker but want to upgrade to Alpine Docker Images, initially you may experience permissions errors because in Alpine Images the user with permissions for the `/var/www` folder are different. +So, you must change the permissions of the `/var/www` folder to be compatible with Alpine: ```console -docker exec container-name chown -R www-data:root /var/www/html +docker exec container-name chown -R www-data:root /var/www ``` After changing the permissions, restart the container and the permission errors should disappear.