ANW-2218 document running ArchivesSpace with Docker

src/content/docs/administration/docker.md

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+---
+title: Running with Docker
+---
+
+## Installing
+
+The easiest way to get ArchivesSpace up and running is using [Docker](https://www.docker.com/). Docker eases installing, upgrading, starting and stopping ArchivesSpace. It also makes it easy to setup ArchivesSpace as a system service that starts automatically on every reboot.
+
+If you prefer not to use Docker, another (more involved) way to get ArchivesSpace up and running is installing the latest [distribution `.zip` file](/getting_started/zip_distribution).
+
+### System requirements
+
+See [System Requirements](/administration/getting_started/#system-requirements).
+
+### Software Dependencies
+
+When using Docker, the only software dependency is [Docker](https://www.docker.com/) itself.
+
+Follow the [instructions](https://docs.docker.com/get-started/get-docker/) to install the Docker engine.
+Optionally installing [Docker Desktop](https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/) provides a graphical way to manage, start and stop your docker containers.
+
+### Downloading the configuration package
+
+To run ArchivesSpace with Docker, first download the ArchivesSpace docker configuration package of the latest release from [github](https://github.com/archivesspace/archivesspace/releases) (scroll down to the "Assets" section of the latest release page).
+
+Unzipping the downloaded file will create an `archivespace-docker-vX.X.X` directory with the following contents:
+
+```
+.
+├── config
+│   └── config.rb
+├── docker-compose.yml
+├── .env.docker.db
+├── .env.docker.prod
+├── plugins
+└── sql
+```
+
+- The `config.rb` file contains the main configuration of ArchivesSpace.
+- `docker-compose.yml` contains all the information required by Docker to build and run ArchivesSpace
+- `.env.docker.db` contains the credentials used by archivespace to access its MySQL database. It is recommended to default root and user passwords to something safer.
+- `.env.docker.prod` contains the database connection URI which should also be updated accordingly after the database user password is updated.
+- The `plugins` directory is there to accommodate any [plugins](/customization/plugins/) you wish to install.
+- In the `sql` directory you can put your `.sql` database dump file to initialize the new database, see next section.
+
+## Migrating from the zip distribution to docker
+
+If you are currently running ArchivesSpace using the zip file distribution, you can migrate to using Docker.
+
+### Create a backup of your ArchivesSpace instance database
+
+Use `mysqldump` to create a dump of your MySQL database:
+
+```
+mysqldump -uroot -p123456 -h 127.0.0.1 archivesspace > /tmp/db.$(date +%F.%H%M%S).sql
+```
+
+Follow the steps under the [Backup and recovery](/administration/backup/) section if you need more instructions on how create backups of your MySQL database.
+
+### Initialize and migrate the database on Docker
+
+Copy your `.sql` file dump in the `sql` directory of your unzipped Docker configuration package. Make sure the file has the `.sql` extension and is in plain text format (not zipped).
+Docker will pick it up when it starts for the first time and restore the dump to your new database.
+
+If you created the dump on an earlier ArchivesSpace version, the system will apply any pending database migrations to upgrade your database to the ArchivesSpace version you are currently running on Docker.
+
+## Running
+
+### Start
+
+Open a terminal, change to the `archivespace-docker-vX.X.X` directory that contains the `docker-compose.yml` file and run:
+
+```
+docker compose up --detach
+```
+
+The first time you start ArchivesSpace with Docker, the container images will be downloaded and configuration steps such as database setup and solr index initialization will be performed automatically.
+It is expected that the whole process takes up to ten minutes or even more depending on the power of your machine and internet connection speed.
+
+Starting with the `--detach` option allows closing the terminal without stoping ArchivesSpace. Viewing the logs of running ArchivesSpace containers is possible in [Docker Desktop](https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/) or in a terminal with:
+
+```
+docker compose logs --follow
+```
+
+Watch the logs for the welcome message:
+
+```
+2024-12-04 18:42:17 archivesspace  | ************************************************************
+2024-12-04 18:42:17 archivesspace  |   Welcome to ArchivesSpace!
+2024-12-04 18:42:17 archivesspace  |   You can now point your browser to http://localhost:8080
+2024-12-04 18:42:17 archivesspace  | ************************************************************
+```
+
+**Note** if you are migrating from using the zip distribution to Docker and have already copied a dump of your database in the `sql` directory, initialization of the database and indexing it in solr can take a long time depending on the size of your data.
+
+You can then [login and verify](/administration/getting_started/#start-archivesspace) that it is running correctly.
+
+If you have also [Docker Desktop](https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/) installed, you can use it to start, stop and manage the ArchivesSpace containers after they have been created for the first time. At the time of writing this, there is no way to call `docker compose` using Docker Desktop, it has to be called on a terminal as described above.
+
+### Stop
+
+You can stop running containers without removing them with the command:
+
+```
+docker compose stop
+```
+
+They can be started again with:
+
+```
+docker compose start
+```
+
+## Force a solr reindex
+
+To force a reindex of your solr instance while running with Docker, use the following request to delete all documents from your solr index:
+
+```
+curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' --data-binary '{"delete":{"query":"*:*" }}' http://localhost:8983/solr/archivesspace/update
+```

src/content/docs/development/docker.md

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 The [Docker](https://www.docker.com/) configuration is used to create [automated builds](https://hub.docker.com/r/archivesspace/archivesspace/) on Docker Hub, which are deployed to [the latest version](http://test.archivesspace.org) when the build completes.
 
-Please note:
-
-- Docker is not supported as an install method.
-- Docker configuration is being used for internal purposes only.
-- Use of Docker by anyone else is "use at your own risk".
-- Docker related files may be updated at anytime without warning or presence in release notes.
-
 ## Custom builds
 
 Run ArchivesSpace with MySQL, external Solr and a Web Proxy. Switch to the

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