Confluence from docker to a local server installation

Question

Hey there,

We have Confluence running in a Docker on a server.
Since there is no reason to run this service on this server in Docker, I would like to transfer it to another server and run it local. The only task of this server is to run confluence, so it makes no sense to use Docker for this.
Could someone tell me please how i can transfer the data from the docker version to a local version of confluence?

Docker version: 20.10.12
Confluence version: 6.15.3 which would be upgraded to 8.x
OS: old server Ubuntu 18.04LTS, new server Ubuntu 22.04LTS

Thank you!

Lippie · Answer

Thank you so much, I wanna try it soon!

Jehan Bhathena · Answer

Hi @Lippie

As per https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/backup-and-restore-163578.html, you should be able to perform a site backup, although it may not be available in Confluence 6.xx,

I performed the below steps for a Jira DC a while back, maybe that might work for you too:

* Connect to the PROD DB, and take a DB dump on your local machine
* Copy over this copy to a different server and install the same version of confluence there too. Use the copied DB as the primary DB source for this new server
* Once the new server is ready, you can upgrade this server to the latest version too
* NOTE: if you try to upload the old DB copy to a newer Confluence version, it may not work

Other documents that might have info you can use:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/migrating-to-another-database-148867.html

https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/production-backup-strategy-38797389.html

https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/migrating-confluence-between-servers-184150.html