Import initial state

Now you are almost ready to run Daikoku for the first time, but maybe you want to import data from previous Daikoku installation into your current datastore.

To do that, set daikoku.init.data.from in the Daikoku configuration, or provide the DAIKOKU_INIT_DATA_FROM environment variable.

It can be a file path or an HTTP(S) URL to the NDJSON export file. A local file must be readable by the Daikoku process (and mounted inside the container when applicable).

For an HTTP(S) source requiring headers, configure them in the configuration file:

daikoku.init.data {
  from = "https://config.example.com/daikoku.ndjson"
  headers {
    Authorization = ${IMPORT_AUTHORIZATION}
  }
}

Supply IMPORT_AUTHORIZATION through your secret mechanism, including the authorization scheme expected by the server.

Empty datastore only

The import runs only when the datastore is empty. It replaces the generation of the default tenant and administrator: the other DAIKOKU_INIT_* settings do not override imported entities.

Changing the file or URL and restarting Daikoku does not reimport it into a non-empty datastore. Do not delete production data to reapply initialization settings; update existing entities through the administration UI or API.

See Initialize Daikoku for the initialization lifecycle and the alternative of generating initial data from environment variables.