# Running Node Red under Docker file path

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**Created:** [22 February 2021 08:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/running-node-red-under-docker-file-path/41408 "2021-02-22T08:32:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![sefaguntepe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/sefaguntepe/32/94497_2.png) [@sefaguntepe](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sefaguntepe)\
**Post date:** [22 February 2021 08:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/running-node-red-under-docker-file-path/41408/1 "2021-02-22T08:32:36Z")

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I'm running Node Red under Docker. I want to create a file with "alasql" plugin. But what should I write to the file path?

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**Author:** ![janvda](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/janvda/32/234_2.png) [@janvda](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/janvda)\
**Post date:** [22 February 2021 09:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/running-node-red-under-docker-file-path/41408/2 "2021-02-22T09:05:44Z")

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In fact this should behave the same as if not using docker. Of course the directory structure of your docker container is different from your host machine.

If you want to persist the alasql data outside your docker container (so it is not lost when (re)building a new version of the container) then you must make use of docker volumes and assure that the alasql file path refers to such docker volume.

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**Author:** ![sefaguntepe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/sefaguntepe/32/94497_2.png) [@sefaguntepe](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sefaguntepe)\
**Post date:** [22 February 2021 09:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/running-node-red-under-docker-file-path/41408/3 "2021-02-22T09:08:13Z")

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Can you give an example for the file path?

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**Author:** ![janvda](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/janvda/32/234_2.png) [@janvda](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/janvda)\
**Post date:** [22 February 2021 09:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/running-node-red-under-docker-file-path/41408/4 "2021-02-22T09:14:07Z")

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I have never used the alasql node.  
Maybe you could try with following file name `/data/my_alasql_file`

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**Author:** ![janvda](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/janvda/32/234_2.png) [@janvda](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/janvda)\
**Post date:** [22 February 2021 09:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/running-node-red-under-docker-file-path/41408/5 "2021-02-22T09:18:45Z")

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After some further reading of the below part it seems that a proper file extension might be mandatory.  
So maybe the following filename might work `/data/my_alasql_file.txt`

> **[node-red-contrib-alasql](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-alasql)**
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> Node-RED wrapper for AlaSQL database and XLSX import/export

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**Post date:** [23 April 2021 09:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/running-node-red-under-docker-file-path/41408/6 "2021-04-23T09:19:41Z")

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