Need help migrating the installation from SD card to USB stick while the main data drive remains the same

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Nextcloud version: 22.1.1
Operating system and version: Ubuntu 21.04
Apache or nginx version: Apache 2.4.45
PHP version : 8.0.10

The issue you are facing:

I have a RaspberryPi using SD card for boot. It is small and I want to upgrade it to a larger usb stick. I use docker to run nextcloud. The /var/www/html/data volume is linked to an external HDD drive. I want the drive to remain, I am only swaping the SD card.

I cannot figure out how to create new nextcloud container on the USB such that I can access the data on the drive. If I try to use creadentials from the SD card I get an error that such user already exists. I presume there is some folder that should be copied from one container to another but I can’t figure out which one.

I am using MariaDB and I have tried making a backup using SD card and restoring using the USB stick but it didn’t work.

I still have the SD card working. If I use it to boot everything works.

The output of your config.php file in /path/to/nextcloud

$CONFIG = array (
  'htaccess.RewriteBase' => '/',
  'memcache.local' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\APCu',
  'apps_paths' => 
  array (
    0 => 
    array (
      'path' => '/var/www/html/apps',
      'url' => '/apps',
      'writable' => false,
    ),
    1 => 
    array (
      'path' => '/var/www/html/custom_apps',
      'url' => '/custom_apps',
      'writable' => true,
    ),
  ),
  'overwriteprotocol' => 'https',
  'instanceid' => '[XxX SENSIBLE CONTENT REMOVED BY MOD/JK XxX]',
  'passwordsalt' => '[XxX SENSIBLE CONTENT REMOVED BY MOD/JK XxX]',
  'secret' => '[XxX SENSIBLE CONTENT REMOVED BY MOD/JK XxX]',
  'trusted_domains' => 
  array (
    0 => 'nextcloud.mydomain.com',
  ),
  'datadirectory' => '/var/www/html/data',
  'dbtype' => 'mysql',
  'version' => '22.1.1.2',
  'overwrite.cli.url' => 'https://nextcloud.mydomain.com',
  'dbname' => 'nextcloud',
  'dbhost' => 'mariadb:3306',
  'dbport' => '',
  'dbtableprefix' => 'oc_',
  'mysql.utf8mb4' => true,
  'dbuser' => 'nextcloud',
  'dbpassword' => 'password',
  'installed' => true,
);

pls take care to not provide any sensible data in the future… so pls regard your instance as compromised from now on unless you’re gonna fix the referring data