# Docker Compose Quickstart — Step 5: Persist data with named volumes

> Each time you stop and restart the stack the visit counter resets to zero.

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Each time you stop and restart the stack the visit counter resets to zero. Redis data lives inside the container, so it disappears when the container is removed. A named volume fixes this by storing the data on the host, outside the container lifecycle.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```yaml
   services:
     web:
       build: .
       ports:
         - "${APP_PORT}:5000"
       environment:
         - REDIS_HOST=${REDIS_HOST}
         - REDIS_PORT=${REDIS_PORT}
       depends_on:
         redis:
           condition: service_healthy
       develop:
         watch:
           - action: sync+restart
             path: .
             target: /code
           - action: rebuild
             path: requirements.txt

     redis:
       image: redis:alpine
       volumes:
         - redis-data:/data
       healthcheck:
         test: ["CMD", "redis-cli", "ping"]
         interval: 5s
         timeout: 3s
         retries: 5
         start_period: 10s

   volumes:
     redis-data:
```

The redis-data:/data entry under redis.volumes mounts the named volume at /data, the path where Redis writes its data files. The top-level volumes key registers it with Docker so it persists between compose down and compose up cycles.

Start the stack with docker compose up --watch and refresh a few times to build up a count.

Tear down the stack with docker compose down and then bring it back up again with docker compose up --watch.

Open — the counter continues from where it left off.

Now reset the counter with docker compose down -v.

The -v flag removes named volumes along with the containers. Use this intentionally — it permanently deletes the stored data.

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