Why do volumes in docker-compose rub the directory inside the container?

[nitishmowall]

hey @impkos
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Why docker-compose down deletes my volume? how to define volume as external?

I use docker in ubuntu 16.04 LTS: Docker version 18.06.1-ce, build e68fc7a in https://docs.docker.com/compose/reference/down/ it stated that docker-compose down by default doesn’t remove volumes. mongo: image: mongo restart: always networks: - mynetwork environment: MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME: user MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD: pass volumes: - ./mongodata:/db/data when I run docker-compose down without -v or --volumes, why my data is lost? does docker delete my volume? it’s already…