This document details the steps required to move a customer-hosted Looker instance to a new host.
Step 1: Prepare the new system
Complete just the first part of the Looker installation steps on the new host. In other words:
- Verify that the new server complies with the minimum server specifications
- Enable ntpd or chronyd
- Create the looker user and group
- Create the looker home directory
- Skip downloading the Looker application and all remaining installation steps
Step 2: Stop Looker on the old host
cd ~/looker
./looker stop
Step 3: Copy the Looker directory from the old to new host
From the new host, as the looker user:
rsync -av OLDHOSTNAME:/home/looker/ /home/looker
Step 4: Start Looker on the new host
cd looker
./looker start