Docker default images location
Prepare your new block storage, this will house the moved docker folder # format the new block storage device mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdx # create a mount point mkdir /mnt/diskX # mount the file or do equivalent mount in /etc/fstab mount /dev/sdx1 /mnt/diskX # create a new folder to house docker mkdir /mnt/diskX/docker chmod 700 /mnt/diskX/docker Setup the move # stop containers and docker daemon docker ps -q | xargs docker kill service docker stop # if devicemapper exists cd /var/lib/docker/devicemapper/mnt umount .