Database migration with helm charts

Rrhizoet Hello everyone, Zitadel has switched to Postgres. Unfortunately, I am only now ...

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Rajat Singh•3/27/25, 11:34 AM

hi @rhizoet thanks for your question, are you trying to migrate from CRDB to Postgres? If yes, then lmk if this helps, it also has instructions to do it with docker-compose too
https://zitadel.com/docs/self-hosting/manage/cli/mirror

Rrhizoet Yes, from CRDB to Postgres. I know this tool, but idk how to use it with a kuber...

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Rajat Singh•3/28/25, 8:01 AM

yes, please try it and see if it works

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Rajat Singh•3/28/25, 10:55 AM

let me check

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Rajat Singh•3/28/25, 11:18 AM

try this

docker exec zitadel-zitadel-1 /app/zitadel

docker exec zitadel-zitadel-1 /app/zitadel

docker exec zitadel-zitadel-1 /app/zitadel

docker exec zitadel-zitadel-1 /app/zitadel

I tried it on my container and it worked

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❯ docker exec docker-compose-service-account-zitadel-1 /app/zitadel --help

The ZITADEL CLI lets you interact with ZITADEL

Usage:
  zitadel [flags]
  zitadel [command]

Available Commands:
  completion       Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
  help             Help about any command
  init             initialize ZITADEL instance
  keys             manage encryption keys
  mirror           mirrors all data of ZITADEL from one database to another
  ready            Checks if zitadel is ready
  setup            setup ZITADEL instance
  start            starts ZITADEL instance
  start-from-init  cold starts zitadel
  start-from-setup cold starts zitadel

Flags:
      --config stringArray   path to config file to overwrite system defaults
  -h, --help                 help for zitadel
  -v, --version              version for zitadel

Use "zitadel [command] --help" for more information about a command.

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❯ docker exec docker-compose-service-account-zitadel-1 /app/zitadel --help

The ZITADEL CLI lets you interact with ZITADEL

Usage:
  zitadel [flags]
  zitadel [command]

Available Commands:
  completion       Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
  help             Help about any command
  init             initialize ZITADEL instance
  keys             manage encryption keys
  mirror           mirrors all data of ZITADEL from one database to another
  ready            Checks if zitadel is ready
  setup            setup ZITADEL instance
  start            starts ZITADEL instance
  start-from-init  cold starts zitadel
  start-from-setup cold starts zitadel

Flags:
      --config stringArray   path to config file to overwrite system defaults
  -h, --help                 help for zitadel
  -v, --version              version for zitadel

Use "zitadel [command] --help" for more information about a command.

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❯ docker exec docker-compose-service-account-zitadel-1 /app/zitadel --help

The ZITADEL CLI lets you interact with ZITADEL

Usage:
  zitadel [flags]
  zitadel [command]

Available Commands:
  completion       Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
  help             Help about any command
  init             initialize ZITADEL instance
  keys             manage encryption keys
  mirror           mirrors all data of ZITADEL from one database to another
  ready            Checks if zitadel is ready
  setup            setup ZITADEL instance
  start            starts ZITADEL instance
  start-from-init  cold starts zitadel
  start-from-setup cold starts zitadel

Flags:
      --config stringArray   path to config file to overwrite system defaults
  -h, --help                 help for zitadel
  -v, --version              version for zitadel

Use "zitadel [command] --help" for more information about a command.

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❯ docker exec docker-compose-service-account-zitadel-1 /app/zitadel --help

The ZITADEL CLI lets you interact with ZITADEL

Usage:
  zitadel [flags]
  zitadel [command]

Available Commands:
  completion       Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
  help             Help about any command
  init             initialize ZITADEL instance
  keys             manage encryption keys
  mirror           mirrors all data of ZITADEL from one database to another
  ready            Checks if zitadel is ready
  setup            setup ZITADEL instance
  start            starts ZITADEL instance
  start-from-init  cold starts zitadel
  start-from-setup cold starts zitadel

Flags:
      --config stringArray   path to config file to overwrite system defaults
  -h, --help                 help for zitadel
  -v, --version              version for zitadel

Use "zitadel [command] --help" for more information about a command.