docs: Emphasize the storage locations when running with systemd

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Francis Lavoie 2021-11-20 00:06:38 -05:00
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Do not stop the service to change Caddy's configuration. Stopping the server will incur downtime. Use the reload command instead. Do not stop the service to change Caddy's configuration. Stopping the server will incur downtime. Use the reload command instead.
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The Caddy process will run as the `caddy` user, which has its `$HOME` set to `/var/lib/caddy`. This means that:
- The default [data storage location](/docs/conventions#data-directory) (for certificates and other state information) will be in `/var/lib/caddy/.local/share/caddy`.
- The default [config storage location](/docs/conventions#configuration-directory) (for the auto-saved JSON config, primarily useful for the `caddy-api` service) will be in `/var/lib/caddy/.config/caddy`.
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