# Deploying machines with sqlite db on a volume

**URL:** <https://community.fly.io/t/deploying-machines-with-sqlite-db-on-a-volume/12774>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** sqlite, login-only\
**Created:** [May 8, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/deploying-machines-with-sqlite-db-on-a-volume/12774 "2023-05-08T17:20:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alex21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Alex21](https://community.fly.io/u/Alex21)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/deploying-machines-with-sqlite-db-on-a-volume/12774/4 "2023-05-09T16:32:08Z")

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> [@jakeshead](#):
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> Does fly have a recommended way to initialize a volume? If I could copy orders.db (blank) to the volume on application initialization, that would work.

That’s the way that’s documented in [Persisting the Storage Folder · Fly Docs](https://fly.io/docs/laravel/the-basics/laravel-volume-storage/).

I posted a new wishlist item just now in [Automatic volume initialization like in Docker](https://community.fly.io/t/automatic-volume-initialization-like-in-docker/12791), but I have no idea if or when [Fly.io](http://Fly.io) would be interested in implemeting that.

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