Split data volume

Dockerfile

@@ -14,13 +14,6 @@ FROM python:3.12.12-trixie
 # Install cmake, which is an indirect installation dependencies
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends cmake
 
-# Create a mount point for user-generated data.
-RUN mkdir -p      \
-	/data/input   \
-	/data/output  \
-	/data/temp    \
-	/data/user
-
 # Create a regular user whose UID and GID will match the host user's at runtime.
 # Also create a home directory for this user (-m), as some common Python tools
 # (such as uv) interact with the user’s home directory.
@@ -57,24 +50,24 @@ COPY requirements.txt manager_requirements.txt ./
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --disable-pip-version-check \
     -r requirements.txt
 
-# Install ComfyUI and link the data mount points.
+# Install ComfyUI
 COPY . .
-RUN ln -sf /data/* .
 
 # Purely declarative: inform Docker and image users that this image is designed
 # to listen on port 8188 for the web GUI.
 EXPOSE 8188
 
-# Declare persistent volumes:
+# Declare persistent volumes. We assign one volume per data directory to match
-# - /data: stores user-generated data from ComfyUI,
+# ComfyUI’s natural file layout and to let users selectively choose which
-# - /comfyui/.venv: stores Python data generated by the entrypoint and custom
+# directories they want to mount.
-#   node managers,
+VOLUME /comfyui/.venv
-# - /comfyui/custom_nodes: stores custom nodes installed at runtime by custom
+VOLUME /comfyui/custom_nodes
-#   node managers,
+VOLUME /comfyui/input
-# - /comfyui/models: Stores models installed by model managers,
+VOLUME /comfyui/models
-# - /home/comfyui: stores data from Python packages that may write outside the
+VOLUME /comfyui/output
-#   virtual environment and into the user’s home directory.
+VOLUME /comfyui/temp
-VOLUME [ "/data", "/comfyui/.venv", "/comfyui/custom_nodes", "/comfyui/models", "/home/comfyui" ]
+VOLUME /comfyui/user
+VOLUME /home/comfyui
 
 # Switch back to root to run the entrypoint and to install additional system
 # dependencies

compose.yaml

@@ -19,11 +19,15 @@ services:
           devices:
             - capabilities: [gpu]
     volumes:
-      # Share custom nodes and models with the container.
       - ./custom_nodes:/comfyui/custom_nodes
       - ./models:/comfyui/models
-      # Optional: mount the user data directory.
+
-      #- data:/data/
+      # (Optional) Mount host ComfyUI data directories
+      #
+      #- ./input:/comfyui/input
+      #- ./output:/comfyui/output
+      #- ./temp:/comfyui/temp
+      #- ./user:/comfyui/user
 
     environment:
       # Overwrite the container user's UID and GID to match the host's. This

entrypoint.sh

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ fi
 # the user's new UID and GID.
 echo "[entrypoint] Changing directory ownership..."
 chown -R "$user:$user_group" \
-    /data                    \
     /comfyui                 \
     /home/comfyui