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From: crt <crt@adastra7.net>
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+# Migrating Gitea from SQLite to MariaDB and Moving to a New Server
+Documenting my entire platform shift was a bit too much, but to have something documented I've made this which shows the progress of how I migrated my Gitea to MariaDB and then to a Container
+
+## Step 1: Backup data from VM instance
+
+### Backup Gitea data
+```bash
+mkdir /home/crt/gitea-backup
+tar -czvf /home/crt/gitea-backup/gitea-data-dir.tar.gz /opt/gitea/data-dir
+```
+
+### Backup Gitea configuration
+```bash
+cp /opt/gitea/app.ini /home/crt/gitea-backup/
+
+```
+
+### Backup SQLite Database
+```bash
+sqlite3 /opt/gitea/db/tea.db .dump > /home/crt/gitea-backup/tea.sql
+```
+
+### Connect to container using SFTP and transfer the files (folder already created)
+```bash
+cd /home/crt/gitea-backup/
+sftp crt@123.123.123.123
+cd /home/crt/gitea-backup
+put gitea-data-dir.tar.gz
+put app.ini
+put tea.sql
+bye
+```
+
+## Step 2: Install MariaDB and download Gitea on Container 
+
+### Download and install gitea
+```bash
+wget -O /usr/local/bin/gitea https://dl.gitea.com/gitea/1.22.0/gitea-1.22.0-linux-amd64
+chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gitea
+```
+
+### Install MariaDB
+```bash
+sudo apt update
+sudo apt install mariadb-server
+```
+
+### Secure MariaDB installation by setting passwords and stuff
+```bash
+sudo mysql_secure_installation
+```
+
+### Create Gitea database and user
+```bash
+sudo mysql -u root -p
+```
+```sql
+CREATE DATABASE teadb CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
+CREATE USER 'gitter'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'YuoNoeGettsingThsePassworderIsVerySEEKRET';
+GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON teadb.* TO 'gitter'@'localhost';
+FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
+EXIT
+```
+
+## Step 3: Restore data on the new server
+
+### Restore Gitea data
+```bash
+tar -xzvf /home/crt/gitea-backup/gitea-data-dir.tar.gz -C /opt/gitea/data-dir
+```
+
+### Restore Gitea Configuration
+```bash
+cp /home/crt/gitea-backup/app.ini /opt/gitea/
+# Copy the Gitea configuration file
+```
+
+### Import Data into MariaDB
+```sh
+mysql -u gitter -p teadb < /home/crt/gitea-backup/tea.sql
+```
+
+## Step 5: Configure Gitea on the container
+
+### Edit Gitea configuration
+```ini
+[database]
+DB_TYPE = mysql
+HOST = 127.0.0.1:3306
+NAME = teadb
+USER = gitter
+PASSWD = YuoNoeGettsingThsePassworderIsVerySEEKRET
+```
+
+### Set Up Gitea as a service
+Create a systemd service file for Gitea:
+```sh
+sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/gitea.service
+```
+Add the following content:
+```ini
+[Unit]
+Description=Gitter
+After=syslog.target
+After=network.target
+After=mariadb.service
+
+[Service]
+User=git
+Group=git
+WorkingDirectory=/opt/gitea/
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/gitea web -c /opt/gitea/app.ini
+Restart=always
+Environment=USER=git HOME=/opt/gitea/
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+```
+
+### Start and Enable Gitea Service
+```sh
+sudo systemctl enable --now gitea
+```
+
+### Enjoy my new gitea instance running more efficiently on le container wohoo