Migrating from seed file
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lkmhaqer
10/07/2025, 5:20 PMHowdy, I have an older install of lldap that has been running just swell. I have recently started to migrate this to a more modern version, and from docker to kubernetes. My issue seems to be that when I originally stood up lldap [v0.4.3-alpine:252132430cdbf22f3c8e549e1826f9c68ae0e6ae] I just let it generate a seed key file, and from searching around, it appears that a key string is preferred, but it is impossible to convert my current database of users from keyfile to keystring?
Has anyone come up with a good way around this? I think plan A is to just somehow mount this keyfile secret I have to any pods lldap needs in the new setup. Plan B is to start a new DB, migrate all the users, and make them all reset their passwords. Looking for any thoughts or opinions or documentation on how to tackle this?
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lkmhaqer
10/07/2025, 5:21 PM[I am migrating stuff with backup data, leaving production alone. I have a few canary users and a little test script to ensure consistency.]
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nitnelave
10/07/2025, 5:22 PMIf you lose (or change) the secret, it will appear as if all the passwords are wrong
nitnelave
10/07/2025, 5:22 PMYou can "delete" (not mount) the key file, and set a key seed. You'll get some startup errors to confirm that you really want to do this
nitnelave
10/07/2025, 5:23 PMAnd you will need to force reset the admin password (there are some options for that)
nitnelave
10/07/2025, 5:23 PMAnd then every user needs to reset their password
nitnelave
10/07/2025, 5:23 PMNo need for a "migration", you can use the DB as is
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lkmhaqer
10/07/2025, 5:24 PMAye, so it is impossible to go from this keyfile I have to a keystring?
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nitnelave
10/07/2025, 5:24 PMNot without resetting the passwords, no
nitnelave
10/07/2025, 5:25 PM(well, technically it's invalidating them, not resetting them)
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lkmhaqer
10/07/2025, 5:25 PMAye sounds good, probably not a bad practice to rotate, it's been a few years.
lkmhaqer
10/08/2025, 3:53 PMFeel free to delete if it's not allowed, but I did a little write up about my migration experience if it's useful at all: https://slothlogistics.wordpress.com/2025/10/08/whales-to-k8s-a-migration-tale-part-1-lldap/
Open to any feedback, or being pummeled with rocks for such a silly workaround.
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nitnelave
10/08/2025, 4:04 PMThanks for writing this article! This looks like a good description of an upgrade/migration of LLDAP, it should be pretty helpful for others 🙂
The only nit that I have is that the key file is supported, just not encouraged
nitnelave
10/08/2025, 4:05 PMDo you want to post this in #1207383575423361124 for greater visibility?
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lkmhaqer
10/08/2025, 4:47 PMCan do, happy to reword that section as well, that helps my understanding 🙂
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