You can run that command inside your service container using railway ssh from the Railway CLI, which opens an interactive shell session where you can execute commands directly.

Tell me more about the problem you are having still.

Subject: How to access data stored in a mounted volume

Hi Railway Support,

I have a Python worker service running on Railway with a persistent volume mounted at /data. The service writes to a SQLite database at /data/ppds.db.

I need to access and export this database file directly. My service plan does not include shell/console access.

Could you advise on the best way to:

1. Access files stored in a mounted volume

2. Export or download the SQLite database file

Any guidance would be appreciated.

Thank you

Hello phankamsi,

since you can't access the shell directly , the workaround is to deploy the filebrowser template into your existing railway project (not a new one), before doing anything make sure to remove the active deployment on your worker first otherwise it may try to write to a non-existent volume, then detach the volume from your worker and attach it to filebrowser, also make sure to set use_volume_root=1 as an env variable on filebrowser so it can see your files at /data, then just open the filebrowser url, log in and download your ppds.db straight from the browser, once done detach from filebrowser reattach to your worker and redeploy. heads up your worker will be down during this so plan for a few minutes of downtime

template here: https://railway.com/deploy/Nan7Bs

hope this help you :)

(All plans have shell access)

yes, exactly i was wondering why he said he had no access