+[[storage_directory]]
Directory Backend
-----------------
-include::attributes.txt[]
-
ifdef::wiki[]
:pve-toplevel:
:title: Storage: Directory
|ISO images |`template/iso/`
|Container templates |`template/cache/`
|Backup files |`dump/`
+|Snippets |`snippets/`
|===========================================================
Configuration
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-This backend supports all common storage properties, and adds an
-additional property called `path` to specify the directory. This
-needs to be an absolute file system path.
+This backend supports all common storage properties, and adds two
+additional properties. The `path` property is used to specify the
+directory. This needs to be an absolute file system path.
+
+The optional `content-dirs` property allows for the default layout
+to be changed. It consists of a comma-separated list of identifiers
+in the following format:
+
+ vtype=path
+
+Where `vtype` is one of the allowed content types for the storage, and
+`path` is a path relative to the mountpoint of the storage.
.Configuration Example (`/etc/pve/storage.cfg`)
----
dir: backup
path /mnt/backup
content backup
- maxfiles 7
+ prune-backups keep-last=7
+ max-protected-backups 3
+ content-dirs backup=custom/backup/dir
----
-Above configuration defines a storage pool called `backup`. That pool
-can be used to store up to 7 backups (`maxfiles 7`) per VM. The real
-path for the backup files is `/mnt/backup/dump/...`.
-
+The above configuration defines a storage pool called `backup`. That pool can be
+used to store up to 7 regular backups (`keep-last=7`) and 3 protected backups
+per VM. The real path for the backup files is `/mnt/backup/custom/backup/dir/...`.
File naming conventions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.Storage features for backend `dir`
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|==============================================================================
-|Content types |Image formats |Shared |Snapshots |Clones
-|images rootdir vztempl iso backup |raw qcow2 vmdk subvol |no |qcow2 |qcow2
+|Content types |Image formats |Shared |Snapshots |Clones
+|images rootdir vztmpl iso backup snippets |raw qcow2 vmdk subvol |no |qcow2 |qcow2
|==============================================================================