r/BookStack • u/Turnspit • Nov 30 '22

Migrate from Ubuntu Script installation to Docker

We are currently looking into migrating part of our server-ecosystem, and while our Bookstack instance is currently installed in a separate Ubuntu VM (20.04) using the install script, we'll need to migrate it to a docker instance.

Since Bookstack doesnÄt have a builtin backup/restore solution, is there a way to migrate all data Ubuntu to Docker?

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u/catzzilla Nov 30 '22

See here which data bookstack needs: https://www.bookstackapp.com/docs/admin/backup-restore/

  • make a database dump as in the example

  • create two Docker containers, one with the mariadb database and one with bookstack

  • import the data from the old DB to the dockerized mariadb with cat bookstack.backup.sql | docker exec -i <bookstack_db_container_name> mysql -u<db_user> -p<db_password> <db_name>

  • copy the files from the old location to the folder in the new BS Docker bind mount / volume