# Backup docker volumes with Kopia?
**URL:** https://kopia.discourse.group/t/backup-docker-volumes-with-kopia/1310
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 31, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/backup-docker-volumes-with-kopia/1310 "2022-07-31T19:22:25Z")
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### Author:  [@akash](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/akash)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/backup-docker-volumes-with-kopia/1310/1 "2022-07-31T19:22:25Z")
I came to know about Kopia and finding it really amazing and interested.
I’m selfhosting many applications on my server via docker and I want to backup the volumes of those applications.
The thing is that I use named volumes for best performance.
Now the issue is that normal users can’t access the /var/lib/docker/volumes path due to permission issues.
So how do I backup those volumes with Kopia?
Is there any way?
I want to avoid setcap since it is somewhat problematic in many scenarios.
I found the Kopia docker image, but there’s no guide/tutorial that how it should be used.
Please help
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### Author:  [@basldfalksjdf](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/basldfalksjdf)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2022, 5:39am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/backup-docker-volumes-with-kopia/1310/2 "2022-08-01T05:39:26Z")
Kopia cannot backup files/folders it does not have read access to. You will need to install/run Kopia with a user that has access to `/var/lib/docker/volumes`.
I am not familiar with running Kopia via docker, but I assume you will still run into the same issue – Kopia run in docker would not have access to `/var/lib/docker/volumes` unless you grant it access, would it?
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### Author:  [@akash](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/akash)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2022, 5:53am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/backup-docker-volumes-with-kopia/1310/3 "2022-08-01T05:53:18Z")
Yup, I think there should be some way, isn’t it?
Because without it, we won’t be able to restore and backup docker volumes which will be a big issue