How to migrate to another VPS

[akondratiuk1]

I want to migrate to another VPS and keep all my project and their settings.
for example, I use my app, grafana, prometheus
I want to backup:

1. app: environment, domain, and volume settings
2. grafana: all settings, alarms, dashboards, etc..
3. prometheus: collected metrics

What do you think is the best way to do it?

[rahnamaj22]

I've recently migrated to another server with the following services on Dokploy:

• Python application
• .NET backend
• Directus
• Appsmith
• Several Postgres and Mongo databases

Unfortunately, my VPS provider lacked backup capabilities, so I had to migrate everything manually. Here’s what I did:

• Got a new VPS
• Transferred the entire filesystem using rsync:
  rsync -aAXv --delete \ --exclude={"/dev/*","/proc/*","/sys/*","/tmp/*","/run/*","/mnt/*","/media/*","/lost+found","/swapfile"} \ -e "ssh -i /path/to/private_key" user@source_vps_ip:/ /
• After the migration, I updated the server IP in the Dokploy database:
  UPDATE admin SET "serverIp" = 'new_server_ip' WHERE "serverIp" = 'old_server_ip';

This allowed me to move everything from one server to another(Including Dokploy). The only issue I encountered was with Appsmith, which I couldn't get to work after the migration.

[bloor]

How do you access the Dokploy database. What engine does it use and where it is ?

[rahnamaj22]

Just SSH to your server or use dokploy dashboard and click on "Enter the terminal" in Settings --> Server and then enter: docker ps to see the containers. there should be a postgres database which Dokploy is using

[kdurek]

Related to update the server IP in #714