diff --git a/Data-directory.md b/Data-directory.md index ffac974..373c48e 100644 --- a/Data-directory.md +++ b/Data-directory.md @@ -1,86 +1 @@ -Data directory contains: - -* `document.db` - [[document]] -* `config.ini` - instance level settings like port on which the Trilium application runs -* `backup` - contains automatically [[backup]] of documents -* `log` - contains application log files - -## Location -Easy way how to find out which data directory Trilium uses is to look at the "About Trilium Notes" dialog (from "Menu" in upper left corner): - -[[images/about-trilium-data-dir.png]] - -Here's how the location is decided: - -Data directory is normally named `trilium-data` and it is stored in: - -* `/home/[user]/.local/share` for Linux -* `C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Roaming` for Windows Vista and up -* `/Users/[user]/Library/Application Support` for Mac OS -* user's home is a fallback if some of the paths above don't exist -* user's home is also a default setup for [[docker|Docker server installation]] - -If you want to back up your Trilium data, just backup this single directory - it contains everything you need. - -### Changing the location of data directory - -If you want to use some other location for the data directory than the default one, you may change it via TRILIUM_DATA_DIR environment variable to some other location: - -#### Linux - -``` -export TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=/home/myuser/data/my-trilium-data -``` - -#### Mac OS X - -You need to create a .plist file under `~/Library/LaunchAgents` to load it properly each login. - -To load it manually, u need to use `launchctl setenv TRILIUM_DATA_DIR ` - -Here is a pre-defined template, where you just need to add your path to: - -```xml - - - - - - Label - set.trilium.env - RunAtLoad - - ProgramArguments - - launchctl - setenv - TRILIUM_DATA_DIR - /Users/YourUserName/Library/Application Support/trilium-data - - - -``` - -### Create a script to run with specific data directory - -An alternative to globally setting environment variable is to run only the Trilium Notes with this environment variable. This then allows for different setup styles like two [[document]] instances or "portable" installation. - -To do this in unix based systems simply run trilium like this: - -``` -TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=/home/myuser/data/my-trilium-data trilium -``` - -You can then save the above command as a shell script on your path for convenience. - -### Fine-grained directory/path location - -It's possible to configure e.g. backup and log directories separately, with following env. variables: - -* `TRILIUM_DOCUMENT_PATH` -* `TRILIUM_BACKUP_DIR` -* `TRILIUM_LOG_DIR` -* `TRILIUM_ANONYMIZED_DB_DIR` -* `TRILIUM_CONFIG_INI_PATH` - -If these are not set, default paths within the data directory will be used. \ No newline at end of file +See https://docs.triliumnotes.org/user-guide/setup/data-directory. \ No newline at end of file