Canopy

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Copying instance data and files

Migrating from one server to another

Warning

THESE ACTIONS WILL DELETE ALL DATA ON THE TARGET SERVER

Exporting on source server (as root):

1. Stop Canopy services:

   systemctl stop canopy canopy-celery
   

   Note for older versions (3.0) of Canopy one would use supervisorctl instead of systemctl.

2. Create a database dump:

   canopy-manage dumpdata --all -o db.json
   

3. Archive data files:

   tar -zcvf canopy_files.tgz /var/opt/checksec/canopy
   

4. Start services again if required:

   systemctl start canopy canopy-celery
   

5. Copy db.json and canopy_files.tgz to target server.

Importing on target server (as root):

1. Stop Canopy services:

   systemctl stop canopy canopy-celery
   

2. If database structure is outdated or non-existent then configure a production database:

   canopy-manage setupdb --prod --drop-tables
   

3. Delete data in database:

   canopy-manage flush
   

4. Remove remaining remnants that are auto-generated:

   Warning

   This may delete files in /var/opt/checksec/canopy/ if their respective objects are still in the database.

   echo -e 'from django.apps import apps\nfor model in apps.get_models(): model.objects.all().delete()' | SKIP_PRBAC_CHECKS=1 canopy-manage shell
   

5. Load database dump (db.json):

   SKIP_PRBAC_CHECKS=1 canopy-manage loaddata db.json
   

6. Extract Canopy data files:

   tar -xvf canopy_files.tgz -C /
   

7. Set ownership of files:

   chown -R canopy: /var/opt/checksec/canopy
   

8. Start Canopy services:

   systemctl start canopy canopy-celery
   

Table Of Contents

• Copying instance data and files
  • Migrating from one server to another
    • Exporting on source server (as root):
    • Importing on target server (as root):

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