# Change data directory **URL:** \ **Category:** InfluxDB 2\ **Created:** [July 14, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/change-data-directory/15254 "2020-07-14T21:03:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![xHackYx](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/xhackyx/32/7206_2.png) [@xHackYx](https://community.influxdata.com/u/xHackYx)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/change-data-directory/15254/1 "2020-07-14T21:03:12Z")
Hey Guys, i am trying to change the data directory for my new set up InfluxDB. I changed the Path on the InfluxDB.config to my preferences. And tried > sudo chown influxdb:influxdb /media/4tb/influxdb/ but I get the following error > chown: changing ownership of ‘/media/4tb/influxdb/’: Operation not permitted any help with that ? im running on ubuntu 18.04 but I a linux noob 🙂 Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Pooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Pooh](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Pooh)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/change-data-directory/15254/2 "2020-07-14T21:36:13Z")
Is that 4tb device: a) mounted read-only b) not an EXTn file system? Antony. ---
**Author:** ![xHackYx](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/xhackyx/32/7206_2.png) [@xHackYx](https://community.influxdata.com/u/xHackYx)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/change-data-directory/15254/3 "2020-07-14T21:49:38Z")
its mounted read / write. Its an exfat filesystem. ---
**Author:** ![Pooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Pooh](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Pooh)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/change-data-directory/15254/4 "2020-07-14T22:29:13Z")
There’s your answer, then. You can’t change the ownership on an exfat system. The only way I can think to achieve what you want is to mount it as the influxdb user, not as root (or anybody else). Antony. ---
**Author:** ![shiftsystems](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/shiftsystems/32/5317_2.png) [@shiftsystems](https://community.influxdata.com/u/shiftsystems)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/change-data-directory/15254/5 "2020-07-15T03:36:16Z")
if you plan on using the drive exclusively with Linux systems then you can format the drive as an ext4 volume and try again ---
**Author:** ![xHackYx](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/xhackyx/32/7206_2.png) [@xHackYx](https://community.influxdata.com/u/xHackYx)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/change-data-directory/15254/6 "2020-07-15T06:27:04Z")
alright I try that thanks guys ---
**Author:** ![xHackYx](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/xhackyx/32/7206_2.png) [@xHackYx](https://community.influxdata.com/u/xHackYx)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 11:07am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/change-data-directory/15254/7 "2020-07-15T11:07:59Z")
I used ext4 and it works now but when I try to start the dbservice I get the following: ``` timo@fileserver:~$ sudo systemctl status influxdb ● influxdb.service - InfluxDB is an open-source, distributed, time series database Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/influxdb.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2020-07-15 11:02:52 UTC; 2s ago Docs: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/ Process: 1710 ExecStart=/usr/bin/influxd -config /etc/influxdb/influxdb.conf $INFLUXD_OPTS (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 1710 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Jul 15 11:02:52 fileserver systemd[1]: influxdb.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart. Jul 15 11:02:52 fileserver systemd[1]: influxdb.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5. Jul 15 11:02:52 fileserver systemd[1]: Stopped InfluxDB is an open-source, distributed, time series database. Jul 15 11:02:52 fileserver systemd[1]: influxdb.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Jul 15 11:02:52 fileserver systemd[1]: influxdb.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Jul 15 11:02:52 fileserver systemd[1]: Failed to start InfluxDB is an open-source, distributed, time series database. ``` ---
**Author:** ![Pooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Pooh](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Pooh)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/change-data-directory/15254/8 "2020-07-15T16:05:51Z")
I’ll have to step back and let someone else respond regarding this, as I’ve never used systemd for managing services. Antony. ---
**Author:** ![marcelr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@marcelr](https://community.influxdata.com/u/marcelr)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/change-data-directory/15254/9 "2020-09-10T22:40:04Z")
Hello, I’m currently using the configuration below, and I haven’t had any problems so far, I hope it helps you My service **lib/systemd/system/influxdb2.service** > [Unit] > Description=INFLUXDB2 > > [Service] > Type=simple > ExecStart=/bin/bash /var/InfluxDB/run.sh > > [Install] > WantedBy=multi-user.target and inside the bash script ( **/var/InfluxDB/run.sh** ) I added the parameters that I need `/usr/local/bin/influxd --http-bind-address=:8086` ``` ● influxdb2.service - INFLUXDB2 Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/influxdb2.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Fri 2020-07-31 23:25:41 -03; 1 months 10 days ago Main PID: 416225 (bash) Tasks: 54 (limit: 4620) Memory: 545.3M CGroup: /system.slice/influxdb2.service ├─416225 /bin/bash /var/InfluxDB/run.sh └─416236 /usr/local/bin/influxd --http-bind-address=:8086 ```