# Data not found when volume mounted

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-not-found-when-volume-mounted/220883>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [February 25, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-not-found-when-volume-mounted/220883 "2020-02-25T15:37:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![saiteja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@saiteja](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/saiteja)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-not-found-when-volume-mounted/220883/1 "2020-02-25T15:37:54Z")

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Hello,  
For elasticsearch to persist data i mounted volume to my container. below is the run command i am using.

` docker run -d --name elasticsearch --network=elastic -v esdata1:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data -p 9200:9200 -p 9300:9300 -e "discovery.type=single-node" docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.6.0`

In the host machine i could not find any files at **/usr/share/elasticsearch/data** I want to get data and use for different host machine. so where to find the data

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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-not-found-when-volume-mounted/220883/2 "2020-02-25T16:11:23Z")

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The directory on your host machine is named `esdata1`.

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**Author:** ![saiteja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@saiteja](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/saiteja)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-not-found-when-volume-mounted/220883/3 "2020-02-25T17:53:39Z")

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now i am mounting volume to **/usr/share/elasticsearch/data**  
`docker run -d --name elasticsearch --network=elastic -v /usr/share/elasticsearch/data:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data -p 9200:9200 -p 9300:9300 -e "discovery.type=single-node" docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.6.0`

but i see only nodes directory created which is empty. i want to persist all kibana settings and visualizations and also elasticsearch data. how can i do that

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**Author:** ![saiteja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@saiteja](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/saiteja)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-not-found-when-volume-mounted/220883/4 "2020-02-26T19:26:24Z")

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@DavidTurner can you please suggest

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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-not-found-when-volume-mounted/220883/5 "2020-02-26T20:07:47Z")

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No idea, sorry, I don't know how Elasticsearch could be creating a `nodes` directory and not putting anything inside it.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-not-found-when-volume-mounted/220883/6 "2020-03-25T20:11:29Z")

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