Migrate to new server, can't I just copy the directories since this is docker?

[ssuess]

I am currently on 4.8.1. I am migrating (a mix of wp and plain php or static sites) to a new hosting provider, and I was hopeful I could just:

• setup new server
• install ee and docker on new server
• rsync /opt/easyengine and /var/lib/docker/volumes/ from old to new server
• reboot and voila

Is this possible, or do I need to follow some other, more convoluted process?

[ssuess]

So it was ALMOST that easy. But after the reboot nothing was running, so I had to add these two commands:

• docker-compose -f /opt/easyengine/services/docker-compose.yml up -d
• for compose in /opt/easyengine/sites/*/docker-compose.yml; do
  docker-compose -f $compose up -d
  done

and voila! all sites migrated.

[dinhngocdung]

It works for me.

Note: Running docker-compose up starts all containers of services, and sites, including those you may not use. Check and stop/remove unused services like New Relic, Mailhog, and Postfix.

Stop New Relic:

docker-compose -f /opt/easyengine/services/docker-compose.yml stop global-newrelic-daemon

Stop Postfix

for compose in /opt/easyengine/sites/*/docker-compose.yml; do
    docker-compose -f $compose stop postfix
done

Stop/Disable Mailhog

for compose in /opt/easyengine/sites/*/docker-compose.yml; do
    website=$(basename "$(dirname "$compose")")
    ee mailhog disable $website
done

I’ve copied your method to my note about EasyEngine. Is that okay, @ssuess ?

[ssuess]

I'm flattered, sure it is ok! :)

[aegis123]

instead of running the docker-compose -f xxx -d

could you also use easyengine to start everything again like ee service restart nginx-proxy and ee site restart example.com