YouTrack Server
 

Change Database Location

Last modified: 07 February 2025

YouTrack uses its own in-process database. By default, data files are saved to the <youtrack_home>/data directory.

The default directory where YouTrack stores data contains the following subdirectories:

When you copy your existing database to the new location, make sure the new location uses the same folder structure that is shown here.

YouTrack data directory

As YouTrack service runs inside a Docker container, you can change only the location of the database on the hosted machine. In this case you need to move the database to a new location, and then specify the new path as parameter of the docker run command.

Use the same procedure to change the location of the conf, logs, backups, and/or temp directories.