Thinking about migrating from prox mox LXC to Docker container
With the recent issues with PVE installer scripts(I was able to successfully update to lates) i want to potentially move my container to docker compose ... but i am not exactly sure what i would need to back up from the current LXC > paste into the volumes of the docker compose container... would it be something in /opt/homarr ?
tried this but it did not work... and made me start from scratch after pasting everything into /opt/homarr from the LXC.
services:
homarr:
image: ghcr.io/ajnart/homarr:latest
container_name: homarr
ports:
- 7575:7575
volumes:
- /opt/homarr/data:/app/data
environment:
- SECRET_ENCRYPTION_KEY=
restart: unless-stopped
I also pasted this from the LXC in the new docker VM directories and this still had me starting from scratch after deploying the docker container
/opt/homarr_db/migrations/
total 20
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Apr 14 11:28 migrations
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 18 17:20 mysql
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 267 Mar 1 11:55 run-seed.ts
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2646 Mar 1 11:55 seed.ts
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 18 17:20 sqlite
(Im really stupid so be kind plz)
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@Manicraft1001 Unsure if this is something that homarr supports, but in general export/import/backup feature homarr-native would be a nice thing, shall I create a Feature Request for this?
generally the homarr db is located in
/opt/homarr_db, homarr credentials are located in /opt/homarr/.env
about the migration I'm not exactly sure what you need to do there.Also please note that you're still running the legacy version. We do no longer provide support for it. Please upgrade to 1.0 as soon as possible
Regarding migration, follow the blog guide on our website carefully
are you sure he is?
ah the docker
i have plenty of backups of the LXC so im not worried about accidentally breaking it, but ya i would like to just move to docker since i already have a bunch of docker containers.
my version:
1.16.0
oh i see
he meant you used the wrong docker image, new one ghcr.io/homarr-labs/homarr
And your mounts are incorrect too
figured haha
Just look at the documentation again and copy the compose from there.
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And note that the mounted data from 0.15.10 is not compatible with 1.0 directly.
If you already ran 1.16.0 before, that shouldn't be an issue though
@Manicraft1001 is backup/export/import a planned thing or shall I create a FR on Github?
At the moment not planned. There should be an open issue
GitHub
feat: Ability to export or backup; specifically config and boards. ...
Describe the feature you'd like to request I used the 0.15.15 to export my boards. I would love to have this feature put in the new version, as well as backup the config. Thanks. Additional inf...
are you saying follow this for migrating the helper script LXC v1.16.0 > docker? if so:
https://homarr.dev/blog/2025/01/19/migration-guide-1.0
Migrate from 0.15.10+ to 1.0.0 | Homarr documentation
In this guide, we will show you how to migrate from Homarr 0.15.10+ to 1.0.0.
in regards to exporting my data
but im gathering that i cannot do this anyway until the above feature implemented
You must upgrade to 0.15.10 to export data
he is at that version
he is at 1.16.0
you sadly cannot use that guide, as you already are in version v1.
And due to version v1 not yet having an export/backup function you have 3 options:
1.) Stay in Proxmox LXC
2.) Start from scratch with docker
3.) Try to copy the db and credentials to a new docker container using a docker container like described here:
https://homarr.dev/docs/getting-started/installation/docker
, however I from community-scripts can't really assist in this process, this is in the matter of homarr team ^^
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correct me if I'm wrong @Manicraft1001
starting from scratch would be scary haha, but ya i may have to do that for now.
I was on homarr docker compose for a while before migrating to prox mox. But i am using docker now more ON prox mox. And i am not sure i saved my oldbackups anywhere sadly. thank you for your alls help! i will keep watch here and on the hub
and i will experiement w option 3 as well
No, you're correct
I was just getting confused by the docker compose
sorry about that hah