# 502 Request Error, mac Squoia 15.7.3? **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Tags:** 502-request-error\ **Created:** [January 30, 2026, 6:09am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/502-request-error-mac-squoia-15-7-3/51816 "2026-01-30T06:09:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 19
**Author:** ![Nick-B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nick-b/32/16140_2.png) [@Nick-B](https://community.localwp.com/u/Nick-B)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/502-request-error-mac-squoia-15-7-3/51816/19 "2026-05-01T14:22:08Z")
We’ve had some related feature requests @davekloempken (shared below), but essentially, Local can’t be entirely moved/run from an external drive. While your site files might be able to be moved over, Local will still create some of the infrastructure things (NGINX/PHP/MySQL) configuration on the main hard drive. > [@Allow configurable location for "userdata/run" folder](https://community.localwp.com/t/allow-configurable-location-for-userdata-run-folder/51037): > > Moving Application support data to a different location Is there a way to move the Application Support/Local/run/ folder to a different location? is currently taking a lot of space from my small hard drive. What I’ve seen is basically related to mysql DB files so I was wondering if there’s a way to define a different folder to move that. I already tried creating a symlink but no luck there because I got this error {“level”:“error”,“message”:“Database did NOT respond to ping after 5 tries on a… > [@Install and run Local from USB disk (Portable Local)](https://community.localwp.com/t/install-and-run-local-from-usb-disk-portable-local/14593): > > Is it possible to run Local from USB disk, so it is a portable setup? This way I can work on the same sites on different machines. I’m running Local on Ubuntu 18.04 now, and I’m very happy with it, making a portable installation would make it my dev environment permanently. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.localwp.com/t/502-request-error-mac-squoia-15-7-3/51816)._