# 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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**Author:** ![downey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/downey/32/166878_2.png) [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 2:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-from-standalone-container-to-separate-web-and-data-containers/29413/2 "2016-03-03T02:33:11Z")

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This … didn’t work as expected.

(The instructions are a bit off but I followed the update at [https://meta.discourse.org/t/faster-rebuilds/40341/4.](https://meta.discourse.org/t/faster-rebuilds/40341/4.))

Should the new 2-container installation present an empty/fresh site? I was assuming it would copy all of my settings & data from my `app` container, but it was brand new. ☹

**Edit:** I did a restore from a backup made just before the process, and it seemed to restore everything. So probably this just needs to be made clear. 🙂

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