Migrating Wordpress site to docker creates fresh installation

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Hi,
I am new to Docker and I am trying to migrate my existing wordpress site from to docker with in the same server. I am using nginx proxy for the frontend connection. however when I run my docker-compose and access the site I am getting a fresh installation page. Below is my docker-compose config,

version: ‘3.6’

services:
wordpress_db:
image: mysql:${MYSQLDB_VERSION}
container_name: mysql
command: --default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password
restart: always
environment:
- MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}
- MYSQL_USER=${MYSQL_USER}
- MYSQL_PASSWORD=${MYSQL_PASSWORD}
- MYSQL_DATABASE=${MYSQL_DATABASE}
ports:
- 3306:3306
volumes:
- ./database/data:/var/lib/mysql
- ./mysql_config:/tmp/mysql_config

wordpress:
depends_on:
- mysql
restart: always
image: wordpress:${WORDPRESS_VERSION}
container_name: wordpress
volumes:
- ${WORDPRESS_DATA_DIR}:/var/www/html
environment:
- WORDPRESS_DB_NAME=${WORDPRESS_DB_NAME}
- WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=${WORDPRESS_DB_HOST}
- WORDPRESS_DB_USER=${WORDPRESS_DB_USER}
- WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=${WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD}

nginx:
image: nginx:${NGINX_VERSION:-latest}
container_name: nginx
ports:
- ‘80:80’
- ‘443:443’
volumes:
- ${NGINX_CONF_DIR}:/etc/nginx/conf.d
- ${NGINX_LOG_DIR}:/var/log/nginx
- ${WORDPRESS_DATA_DIR}:/var/www/html
depends_on:
- wordpress
restart: always

Can someone help in validating this config and let me know where I am going wrong.

2

This is a new installation, so you can’t expect anything else. The next step is to create a backup of you original site (for example with UpdraftPlus) an restore it into the container.
(Btw, I didn’t check your config.)

3

@tekki, Appreciate your response on this.

I did create a dump of my mysql in .sql format and stored in the directrory ./database/data/.
Thats where I used the volume in docker-compose file “- ./database/data:/var/lib/mysql”
but still it starts with a new installation.

Any further thoughts on this.