How to set a path on host for a named volume in docker-compose.yml

Question

Example below creates dbdata named volume and references it inside db service:

version: \'2\'
services:
  db:
    image: mysql
    volumes:         


        

Answer 1

The location of named volumes is managed by docker; if you want to specify the location yourself, you can either "bind mount" a host directory, or use a volume plugin that allows you to specify a path.

You can find some details in another answer I posted recently; https://stackoverflow.com/a/36321403/1811501