# Is it possible to persist the workspace configuration?

## post by jakobsteinbauer on Jul 25, 2024

When launching Lambda Cloud instances, I also connect a storage to it.

I’ve seen that the content of the storage persists after restarting an instance, but that’s not true for my workspace configuration (like conda environments/ssh keys).

Is there a way to make those persistent?

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## post by cody_b on Jul 26, 2024

One option is to save your conda environments and SSH keys to persistent storage, then symlink them to your instances’ local storage.

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## post by utanapishtirox on Aug 13, 2025

I use a virtual environment stored on the persistent Filesystem. That way, the environment my tools access is consistent, rather than disappearing each time I shut down an instance.