Multiple folders and drives

Scout can only see folders that Docker mounts beneath /scan inside the container. To back up more than one location, add one volume entry per folder. Your files stay where they are on your computer, including on other drives. Each entry has the form:

"folder on your computer:folder inside Scout"

For example, "D:/Projects:/scan/projects" makes D:\Projects appear as /scan/projects in Scout. Use forward slashes in Compose, including for Windows paths.

Set it up

Open docker-compose.yml

Find the volumes: section under the scout service.

Replace the single-folder entry

Remove this line:

      - ${SCAN_DIR:-./scan}:/scan

and add one entry per folder in its place. Give each a different name under /scan:

docker-compose.yml

    volumes:
      - ./config:/config
      - ./hook-scripts:/hook-scripts
      - "C:/Users/Alice:/scan/main"
      - "D:/Projects:/scan/projects"
      - ./state:/data/state
      - ./spool:/data/spool

Keep the other volume entries unchanged. The example Compose file includes these lines as comments. Remove the # to activate them.On Linux, use paths such as "/home/alice:/scan/main" and "/mnt/data/projects:/scan/projects".

Update .env

Remove SCAN_DIR from .env, since the entries above now name the folders directly. If you set SCAN_ROOT, keep it at /scan.

Recreate the container

From the folder with the Compose file:

docker compose up -d --force-recreate scout

Choose what to back up

Refresh Scout’s UI. The folder browser now shows:

/scan
  main       (C:\Users\Alice on your computer)
  projects   (D:\Projects on your computer)

Create jobs for the folders you want. See Backup jobs.

Don’t make /scan itself a job. It would become one combined job covering every mounted folder.

Add another drive later

Add another line to the same volumes section, recreate the container, refresh Scout, and create a job for the new folder:

      - "E:/Photos:/scan/photos"

Adding a volume only makes a folder visible. It isn’t backed up until you create a job for it.

Things to know

Job names must be unique across all mounted folders. The main and projects labels don’t separate same-named jobs on Station, so use names like main-photos and projects-photos.
Mounts need write access for Scout to save markers and restore files.
Max Depth counts the extra level. The /scan/<name> folders add one level, so raise Max Depth in settings if your markers are deep.
Moving an existing folder under a new mount? Keep its job name so its history on Station continues. Scout tracks local state by path, so the next cycle may upload it again.

The same steps work with the build-from-source Compose file in scout/.

​Set it up

​Add another drive later

​Things to know

Set it up

Add another drive later

Things to know