janeczku / janeczku/docker-dropbox

Dropbox redownload full content every container restart

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Description

My setup:
Proxmox -> Debian VM -> Docker Dropbox

Dropbox folder located on mergerfs volume, contains 29gb in 135k files and owned by uid=1000 gid=100.
Everytime i restart container, dropbox do chown, upgade version, reindex and redownload whole folder. Why he do this everytime? This affects VM performance for hours.

docker run -d \
--restart=always \
--name=dropbox \
--net=host \
-e DBOX_UID=1000 -e DBOX_GID=100 \
-v /media/storage/dropbox:/dbox/Dropbox \
-v /docker/containers/dropbox/config:/dbox/.dropbox \
janeczku/dropbox

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Research direction

Start with the Docker run configuration, especially the two mounted volumes and restart behavior, and reproduce the reported reindexing and redownload after a container restart. Determine why the Dropbox state is not being retained, then verify that a restart preserves the existing index and avoids downloading the full folder again.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker, shell
Domain
devops, infrastructure
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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