From d044143aa11d58cab23d0734c88d830e009b2fd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ulf Gebhardt <ulf.gebhardt@webcraft-media.de>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 10:10:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] correctly bind and document postgress data folder bind (#298)

---
 .gitignore         |  1 +
 backend/README.md  | 11 ++++++++++-
 docker-compose.yml |  4 +---
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .gitignore

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..adbb97d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+data/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/README.md b/backend/README.md
index 7d280167..94039570 100644
--- a/backend/README.md
+++ b/backend/README.md
@@ -13,4 +13,13 @@ npx directus-sync push \
   --directus-url http://localhost:8055 \
   --directus-email admin@it4c.dev \
   --directus-password admin123
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
+
+## Access Data on local drive
+
+In order to access the postgress data mounted to the local drive at `/data/database` you need to make it accessible (assuming you are not root):
+```
+sudo chmod 777 -R ./data/
+```
+
+This process is to be repeated whenever you restart the database docker container
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 13bca5b7..0caabd00 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@ services:
 
   database:
     image: postgis/postgis:13-master
-    # Required when running on platform other than amd64, like Apple M1/M2:
-    # platform: linux/amd64
     volumes:
-      - ./data/database:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+      - ./data/database:/var/lib/postgresql/data:rw
     environment:
       POSTGRES_USER: 'directus'
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: 'directus'