10 days ago
I am running a service using the hashicorp/consul image and attaching a volume to persist data. When I restart the container locally, the data persists without issues. However, on Railway, even though I provide a volume, all Consul configurations and data are lost after the service restarts.
Why does the volume not work as expected on Railway, and how can I ensure that Consul data and configuration persist across restarts?
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10 days ago
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10 days ago
I also encounter the following error on Railway:
2025-08-18T06:11:45.911Z [ERROR] agent: Error starting agent: error="error reading server metadata: open /consul/data/server_metadata.json: permission denied"
Why do I get a permission denied error for files that Consul creates after startup?
deryabilisim
I also encounter the following error on Railway:2025-08-18T06:11:45.911Z [ERROR] agent: Error starting agent: error="error reading server metadata: open /consul/data/server_metadata.json: permission denied"Why do I get a permission denied error for files that Consul creates after startup?
9 days ago
Have you tried setting this variable for your service?
https://docs.railway.com/guides/volumes#permissions
Regarding the persistent storage, you have to make sure that the volume is mounted to the correct path https://docs.railway.com/guides/templates-best-practices#persistant-storage
If that helps, do mark this as the solution
clashing
Have you tried setting this variable for your service?https://docs.railway.com/guides/volumes#permissionsRegarding the persistent storage, you have to make sure that the volume is mounted to the correct path https://docs.railway.com/guides/templates-best-practices#persistant-storageIf that helps, do mark this as the solution
6 days ago
Did that helped, deryabilisim