# Move from standalone container to separate web and data containers

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-from-standalone-container-to-separate-web-and-data-containers/29413
**Category:** Sysadmins
**Tags:** docker, how-to, advanced-setup, two-container
**Created:** [May 29, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-from-standalone-container-to-separate-web-and-data-containers/29413 "2015-05-29T14:12:22Z")
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> [@merefield](#):
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> this is equivalent to `./launcher enter web_only`?

Mostly. `./launcher` will do a git pull (at least I thought so, but maybe not?) first and you’re more likely to have tab-completion working for docker than `./launcher`.

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