jellyseerr/docs/migration-guide.mdx

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title: Migration guide
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Whether you come from Overseerr or Jellyseerr, you don't need to perform any manual migration steps, your instance will automatically be migrated to Seerr.
This migration will run automatically the first time you start your instance using the Seerr codebase (Docker image or source build or Kubernetes, etc.).
An additional migration will happen for Overseerr users, to migrate their configuration to the new codebase.

:::warning
Before doing anything you should backup your existing instance so that you can rollback in case something goes wrong.
See [Backups](/using-seerr/backups) for details on how to properly backup your instance.
:::

## Docker
Refer to [Seerr Docker Documentation](/getting-started/docker), all of our examples have been updated to reflect the below change.

Changes :
- Renamed all references from `overseerr` or `jellyseerr` to `seerr`.
- The container image reference has been updated.
- The container can now be run as a non-root user (`node` user); remove the `user` directive if you have configured it.
- The container no longer provides an init process, so you must configure it by adding `init: true` for Docker Compose or `--init` for the Docker CLI.

:::info
**Config folder permissions**: Since the container now runs as the `node` user (UID 1000), you must ensure your config folder has the correct permissions. The `node` user must have read and write access to the `/app/config` directory.

If you're migrating from a previous installation, you may need to update the ownership of your config folder:
```bash
docker run --rm -v /path/to/appdata/config:/data alpine chown -R 1000:1000 /data
```

This ensures the `node` user (UID 1000) owns the config directory and can read and write to it.
:::

### Unix

Summary of changes :
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  ```yaml {3-6}
  ---
  services:
    seerr:
      image: ghcr.io/seerr-team/seerr:latest
      init: true
      container_name: seerr
      environment:
        - LOG_LEVEL=debug
        - TZ=Asia/Tashkent
        - PORT=5055 #optional
      ports:
        - 5055:5055
      volumes:
        - /path/to/appdata/config:/app/config
      healthcheck:
        test: wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:5055/api/v1/status || exit 1
        start_period: 20s
        timeout: 3s
        interval: 15s
        retries: 3
      restart: unless-stopped
  ```
  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="docker-cli" label="Docker CLI">
  ```bash {2-3,10}
  docker run -d \
    --name seerr \
    --init \
    -e LOG_LEVEL=debug \
    -e TZ=Asia/Tashkent \
    -e PORT=5055 \
    -p 5055:5055 \
    -v /path/to/appdata/config:/app/config \
    --restart unless-stopped \
    ghcr.io/seerr-team/seerr:latest
  ```
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### Windows
Summary of changes :
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  <TabItem value="docker-compose" label="Docker compose">
  ```yaml {3-6,13,23}
  ---
  services:
    seerr:
      image: ghcr.io/seerr-team/seerr:latest
      init: true
      container_name: seerr
      environment:
        - LOG_LEVEL=debug
        - TZ=Asia/Tashkent
      ports:
        - 5055:5055
      volumes:
        - seerr-data:/app/config
      healthcheck:
        test: wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:5055/api/v1/status || exit 1
        start_period: 20s
        timeout: 3s
        interval: 15s
        retries: 3
      restart: unless-stopped

  volumes:
    seerr-data:
      external: true
  ```
  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="docker-cli" label="Docker CLI">
  ```bash {2-3,8,10}
  docker run -d \
    --name seerr \
    --init \
    -e LOG_LEVEL=debug \
    -e TZ=Asia/Tashkent \
    -e PORT=5055 \
    -p 5055:5055 \
    -v seerr-data:/app/config \
    --restart unless-stopped \
    ghcr.io/seerr-team/seerr:latest
  ```
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## Kubernetes
Refer to [Seerr Kubernetes Documentation](/getting-started/kubernetes), all of our examples have been updated to reflect the below change.

Changes :
- All references to `jellyseerr` have been renamed to `seerr` in the manifests.
- The container image reference has been updated.
- The default `securityContext` and `podSecurityContext` have been updated to support running the container without root permissions.

Summary of changes :
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  <TabItem value="old" label="Old values">
  ```yaml
  image:
    repository: fallenbagel/jellyseerr
  podSecurityContext: {}
  securityContext: {}
  ```
  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="new" label="New values">
  ```yaml
  image:
    repository: seerr-team/seerr
  podSecurityContext:
    fsGroup: 1000
    fsGroupChangePolicy: OnRootMismatch
  securityContext:
    allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
    capabilities:
      drop:
        - ALL
    readOnlyRootFilesystem: false
    runAsNonRoot: true
    privileged: false
    runAsUser: 1000
    runAsGroup: 1000
    seccompProfile:
      type: RuntimeDefault
  ```
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