[SOLVED] Can't Log In or Sign Up after Moving appwrite Folder

hey I just installed AppWrite using the docker command, I'm still new to docker, but I wanted to move the appwrite folder from running the command so I deleted it and deleted the docker instance then reinstalled it, and now I have a new instance and my account I made doesn't work but I also can't create a new one as it says I've reached the maximum number of users?

TL;DR

Issue: User is unable to log in or sign up after moving the appwrite folder. Solution: 1. Make sure the folder is still named `appwrite`. 2. Check if the `.env` file is present in the `appwrite` folder. If not, create one or copy it from a backup. 3. If you deleted the containers earlier, the volumes might still be intact. Use `docker-compose down -v` to delete the volumes as well. 4. Spin up the appwrite instance again using `docker-compose up -d`. 5. You should now be able to log in or sign up without any

deleted the docker instance

What do you mean?

I went into docker and hit the trash can haha

So you only deleted the running containers?

I just ran the docker compose stop and docker compose down -v to attempt to actually uninstall it rq, I assume that was what I was missing?

probably, yes. If you only deleted the containers earlier, the volumes (where the actual data is persisted) were still intact.

The -v in docker compose down -v says to delete the volumes as well as the containers.

If you spin everything up now with docker compose up -d you should be able to sign up again

btw...are the docker-compose.yml and .env files still in a folder named appwrite?

I don't see any .env file

that's it

on unix based system, files that start with a dot are hidden. in the terminal you can show them by running ls -a. ls to list the contents of the directory and the -a flag says to show all files (including hidden)