From 969ef3fb11890b875e28a1b4e94d49661d3f12f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Girish Ramakrishnan <girish@cloudron.io>
Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 15:16:58 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] doc: ensure the data directory exists

---
 docs/references/selfhosting.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/docs/references/selfhosting.md b/docs/references/selfhosting.md
index df034b8cd..7c0b5ac5d 100644
--- a/docs/references/selfhosting.md
+++ b/docs/references/selfhosting.md
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ to a new location as follows (`DATA_DIR` is the location to move your data):
     systemctl stop cloudron.target
     systemctl stop docker
     DATA_DIR="/var/data"
+    mkdir -p "${DATA_DIR}"
     mv /home/yellowtent/appsdata "${DATA_DIR}"
     ln -s "${DATA_DIR}/appsdata" /home/yellowtent/appsdata
     mv /home/yellowtent/platformdata "${DATA_DIR}"