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How to move Rancher Desktop virtual disk file to another location?
I am using Rancher Desktop as an alternative to Docker Desktop. After using docker for a while I have noticed that C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Docker\wsl\data\ext4.vhdx has grown quite a bit (20GB+) and it's taking a lot of space from the system drive space.
I know that can I can "prune" it (remove old images and shrink the vhdx file), but I would be more comfortable with moving it to a place where it can grow more without worrying too much about it.
How can I move it to another location (i.e. another drive)?
I am using WSL 2 under Windows 10.
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It seems that the file can be moved if rancher data is exported unregistered from WSL and reimported in a new location. The process is very similar to the one used for Docker Desktop.
Example for my case:
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wsl -l -vto get the distro name:
wsl --shutdown-
wsl --export rancher-desktop-data D:\rancher\WslStore\rancher-desktop-data.tar- ensure that you have plenty of space, especially if the import will be performed on the same drive (D in my case) -
wsl --unregister rancher-desktop-data- this will remove the disk file from the original location -
wsl --import rancher-desktop-data D:\rancher\WslStore\ D:\rancher\WslStore\rancher-desktop-data.tar --version 2- actual import - open Rancher Desktop and ensure that it works as expected
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