Move Instaboot Area to New Disk

Problem: You need more space for your instaboot volume

Solution: Create a new disk, attach it your A3, and use it for the instaboot volume

By default, your A3 uses an anonymous Docker volume for your instaboot storage. This volume is described in /home/alike/docker-compose.yml:

...

volumes:

- "/mnt/ads:/mnt/ads"

- "/mnt/ods:/mnt/ods1"

- "./logs:/home/alike/logs"

- "./certs:/home/alike/certs"

- "./configs:/home/alike/configs"

- "cache-dbs:/home/alike/Alike/remoteDBs"

- "instaboot:/mnt/instaboot"

...

Because the directory "instaboot" is not qualified, Docker places its contents on your A3 system disk under

/var/lib/docker/volumes/alike_instaboot/_data

The easiest way to create more space for your instaboot area is to remap it to a new disk.

Step 1: Create a New Disk for the A3 VM

Create the new disk in XenCenter (or your hypervisor etc.) for the A3 VM.
Since this disk will house your instaboot area, size it appropriately for your needs!
If it's Xen, the disk name is likely "/dev/xvdb", but yours may vary. Make a note of this.

Step 2: Format the Disk

sudo fdisk /dev/xvdb will format this disk. Be sure to put your correct disk in for the disk name.
type "n" to create a new disk, and then "p" for primary, then enter to accept defaults
type "w" to write out changes
Add the filesystem tools "util-linux": sudo apk add util-linux
Format the disk: sudo mkfs -t ext4 /dev/xvdb1 (MAKE SURE TO CHECK xvd[x]1)

Step 3: Add the Disk to fstab

Make a directory for the mount: mkdir /home/alike/instadata
Obtain the blkid of your disk: "sudo blkid"
copy the uuid and paste it into this line here, so yours goes over 31...ff2:
UUID=31f39d50-16fa-4248-b396-0cba7cd6eff2 /home/alike/instadata auto rw,user,auto 0 0
Enter the "menu" area via "menu" and stop Alike services
Reboot the A3
Verify the new mount exists via "df -h". You should see something like:

/dev/xvdb1 548.9G 24.0K 546.4G 0% /home/alike/instadata

Step 4: Migrate existing instaboot data and remap the Docker volume

Verify the A3 services are STOPPED! DO NOT PROCEED IF SERVICES ARE RUNNING OR THE WEBUI IS ACCESSIBLE
Copy instaboot area to the new storage:
sudo cp -R /var/lib/docker/volumes/alike_instaboot/_data /home/alike/instadata/
Edit the YAML:
/home/alike/docker-compose.yml
Comment out the previous line, and add this one:

volumes:

- "/mnt/ads:/mnt/ads"

- "/mnt/ods:/mnt/ods1"

- "./logs:/home/alike/logs"

- "./certs:/home/alike/certs"

- "./configs:/home/alike/configs"

- "cache-dbs:/home/alike/Alike/remoteDBs"

- "/home/alike/instadata:/mnt/instaboot"

# - "instaboot:/mnt/instaboot"

Please note that Docker uses spaces and not tabs!

Step 5: Reboot and confirm