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Setting the ownership of your container's files

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Introduction

Your container saves its files to two volumes:

  • edgevis-config - your containers' settings

  • edgevis-recordings - your recordings (in standard EdgeVis CSX format)

In v9.0 all container files are saved using the root/root user and group.

In v9.1 all container files are saved using the root/5001 user and group (and all pre-v9.1 files are updated to use the new group).

This allows users on your host PC (and outside of the container) who are members of the 5001 group to access the files.

You can override the 5001 group to a value of your setting using a configuration file.
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You have multiple options for configuring your container using a config file - including 'burning in these settings using environment variables, or using a seed config file to provide initial settings for your users.

Using a different group

To change the group uses, you can add the following setting to your config file:

Setting

Description

EV_GID

Set the group you want all configuration and recording files to use.

The default is 5001.

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On restarting the container, it will change the group of all existing files to the new GID.

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