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Moving to a new server

steffeydev edited this page 2025-07-17 21:09:32 +00:00

First, switch domains to point at new servers.

On the old server:

1. Stop docker on old server: systemctl stop docker
2. Backup volumes:

• docker run --rm -v frappe_db-data:/data -v /tmp:/backup busybox tar cvf /backup/db.tar /data
• docker run --rm -v frappe_sites:/data -v /tmp:/backup busybox tar cvf /backup/sites.tar /data

On the new server:

1. Generate SSH keys, and add it to the authorized keys of the old server
2. Copy the archives over:

• scp <old-user>@<old-ip>:/tmp/db.tar /tmp
• scp <old-user>@<old-ip>:/tmp/sites.tar /tmp

3. Create the new volumes and restore the data:

• docker volume create frappe_db-data && docker run --rm -v frappe_db-data:/data -v /tmp:/backup busybox tar xvf /backup/db.tar
• docker volume create frappe_sites && docker run --rm -v frappe_sites:/data -v /tmp:/backup busybox tar xvf /backup/sites.tar

4. Copy over /root/frappe-compose.yml
5. docker compose -f /root/frappe-compose.yml up -d
6. Clean up: rm /tmp/db.tar && rm /tmp/sites.tar

Service should now be back up and running. The proxy may need a minute to fetch the certs again, since we didn't copy those over.