Zammad migration vm to docker

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Used Zammad version:
Used Zammad installation type: docker-compose
Operating system: debian
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Today my zammad environment is running on a VM, but I’m looking to switch it to docker-compose.

The zammad VM environment has as storage mechanism “filesystem” so the tickets are in the folder /opt/zammad/storage/fs.

I then followed these steps:
On the VM :

dump postgresql database
compression of the /opt/zammad folder

I copied them on the docker host machine:

the database: in the folder /var/lib/docker/volumes/zammad-docker-compose_zammad-postgresql-data/
gunzip the archive

start zammad-postgresql container docker-compose up -d zammad-postgresql
exec in to it docker exec -it zammad-docker-compose_zammad-postgresql_1 bash
test you can connect to the database psql -U zammad
quit \q
back in bash, drop the existing database dropdb zammad_production -U zammad
create a new empty database createdb zammad_production -U zammad
restore data from backup in to it
psql zammad_production < /var/lib/postgresql/data/backup_db.psql -U zammad

for the config files, I went in the folder /var/lib/docker/volumes/zammad-data/
I deleted all of them and then I unzipped and put in place the VM’s folder.
change the rights of the files/folders.

Then :

docker-compose down && docker-compose up -d

But I have an error : the zammad-init service is running in a loop :


sources:

You better don’t if you ever need support (via support contract) as this kind of installation is not supported by Zammad as per their support agents.

I know, but I don’t have a choice

This is a bad route to take if you ever get more users. We did struggle a lot when we hit 40-50 agents until it was barely usable. even throwing more and more resources at it did not help…
If you can, go the package route on a dedicated vm and save yourself a lookout struggle and headache 6 months down the road :slight_smile:

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