this looks like it does the trick - first time will issue a config procedure (I know we have redundant files in enigma-bbs-pre but that's a price for the enhanced deployment ease)

docs/installation/docker.md

@@ -6,20 +6,39 @@ title: Docker
 for every operating system on the [Docker website](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/).**
 
 ## Quick Start
+prepare a folder where you are going to save your bbs files.
+- Generate some config for your BBS: \
+you can perform this step from anywhere - but make sure to consistently run it from the same place to retain your config inside the docker guest
+```
+docker run -it --rm -p 8888:8888 \
+--name "EnigmaBBS" \
+-v "$(pwd)/config:/enigma-bbs/config" \
+-v "$(pwd)/db:/enigma-bbs/db" \
+-v "$(pwd)/logs:/enigma-bbs/logs" \
+-v "$(pwd)/filebase:/enigma-bbs/filebase" \
+-v "$(pwd)/art:/enigma-bbs/art" \
+-v "$(pwd)/mods:/enigma-bbs/mods" \
+-v "$(pwd)/mail:/mail" \
+enigmabbs:latest
+```
+- Run it: \
+you can use the same command as above, just daemonize and drop interactiveness (we needed it for config but most of the time docker will run in the background)
+````
+docker run -d --rm -p 8888:8888 \
+--name "EnigmaBBS" \
+-v "$(pwd)/config:/enigma-bbs/config" \
+-v "$(pwd)/db:/enigma-bbs/db" \
+-v "$(pwd)/logs:/enigma-bbs/logs" \
+-v "$(pwd)/filebase:/enigma-bbs/filebase" \
+-v "$(pwd)/art:/enigma-bbs/art" \
+-v "$(pwd)/mods:/enigma-bbs/mods" \
+-v "$(pwd)/mail:/mail" \
+enigmabbs:latest
+```
 
-- Generate some config for your BBS:
-  ```
-  docker run -it -v "${HOME}/enigma-bbs/config:/enigma-bbs/config" enigmabbs/enigma-bbs:latest oputil.js config new
-  ```
+:bulb: Configuration will be stored in `$(pwd)/enigma-bbs/config`.
 
-- Run it:
-  ```
-  docker run -p 8888:8888 -v "${HOME}/enigma-bbs/config:/enigma-bbs/config" enigmabbs/enigma-bbs:latest
-  ```
-
-:bulb: Configuration will be stored in `${HOME}/enigma-bbs/config`.
-
-:bulb: Windows users - you'll need to switch out `${HOME}/enigma-bbs/config` for a Windows-style path.
+:bulb: Windows users - you'll need to switch out `$(pwd)/enigma-bbs/config` for a Windows-style path.
 
 ## Volumes