Transferring Seafile file storage with all data to another server

A series of articles on setting up file storage Seafile

Installing Seafile 7.1.0 + Nginx + Percona on Centos 7
Installing Seafile file storage on Centos 7
Transferring Seafile file storage with all data to another server
Clearing File History in Seafile

To transfer seafile with all users and data to another server, you need:

On the old server, make a backup of the mysql database and the directory where the seafile is located
Install and configure mysql-server and web-server on the new server
Transfer backup from old server to new
Deploy the backup on a new server

Backing up Seafile on the old server

[[email protected]]# mysqldump -u seafile -ppassword ccnet_db | gzip > /home/backup/ccnet_db_$(date +%y%m%d).sql.gz
[[email protected]]# mysqldump -u seafile -ppassword seafile_db | gzip > /home/backup/seafile_db_$(date +%y%m%d).sql.gz
[[email protected]]# mysqldump -u seafile -ppassword seahub_db | gzip > /home/backup/seahub_db_$(date +%y%m%d).sql.gz

[[email protected]]# tar -zcf /home/backup/backup_$(date +%y%m%d).tar.gz /home/seafile

Deploying a backup on a new server

[[email protected]]# gzip -d /home/backup/ccnet_db_$(date +%y%m%d).sql.gz
[[email protected]]# gzip -d /home/backup/seafile_db_$(date +%y%m%d).sql.gz
[[email protected]]# gzip -d /home/backup/seahub_db_$(date +%y%m%d).sql.gz

We connect to MySQL, create new databases and create a user

[[email protected]]# mysql -u root -p
mysql> CREATE DATABASE ccnet_db;
mysql> CREATE DATABASE seafile_db;
mysql> CREATE DATABASE seahub_db;
mysql> create user 'seafile'@'localhost' identified by 'password';

Assign and update privileges and exit

mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ccnet_db.* TO 'seafile'@'localhost';
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON seafile_db.* TO 'seafile'@'localhost';
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON seahub_db.* TO 'seafile'@'localhost';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> exit;

Restoring the base from the dump

[[email protected]]# mysql -u seafile -ppassword ccnet_db < /home/backup/ccnet_db_$(date +%y%m%d).sql
[[email protected]]# mysql -u seafile -ppassword seafile_db < /home/backup/seafile_db_$(date +%y%m%d).sql
[[email protected]]# mysql -u seafile -ppassword seahub_db < /home/backup/seahub_db_$(date +%y%m%d).sql

Unpack the archive with data

[[email protected]]# tar -xvzf /home/backup/backup_$(date +%y%m%d).tar.gz

We transfer the unpacked archive to a working directory, for example / home / seafile

Further steps are described in the article on installing Seafile

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