Data migration

Raw mode

To migrate a Kitsu from an instance to another, you can simply dump the database and restore it to the new instance. Once done, you have to move all the files stored in the preview folder to the preview folder of the new instance.

With Zou CLI

We assume here that you are evolving in the zou virtualenv environment and that all your environment variables are loaded.

Prepare the new instance (reset data)

Clear original database and rebuild tables:

zou clear-db
zou reset-migrations
zou upgrade-db

Get data

Retrieve base data:

SYNC_LOGIN="admin@yourstudio.com" \
SYNC_PASSWORD="password" \
zou sync-full --source http://yourpreviouskitsu.url/api --no-projects

Retrieve project data:

SYNC_LOGIN="admin@yourstudio.com" \
SYNC_PASSWORD="password" \
zou sync-full --source http://yourpreviouskitsu.url/api --only-projects

Retrieve a given project:

SYNC_LOGIN="admin@yourstudio.com" \
SYNC_PASSWORD="password" \
zou sync-full --source http://yourpreviouskitsu.url/api --project AwesomeProject

If some changes occured after the migration, you can run the command again and retrieve the difference. Beware that deletion won't be handled.

Get files

The previous steps were used to retrieve the data stored in the database.

Retrieve all files:

SYNC_LOGIN="admin@yourstudio.com" \
SYNC_PASSWORD="password" \
zou sync-full-files --source http://yourpreviouskitsu.url/api

Retrieve files for a given project:

SYNC_LOGIN="admin@yourstudio.com" \
SYNC_PASSWORD="password" \
zou sync-full-files --source http://yourpreviouskitsu.url/api

If some changes occured after the migration, you can run the command again and retrieve the difference. Beware that deletion won't be handled.