Question: Move an existing installation to Development mode

[ken-muturi]

I have an exisiting CKAN Docker installation, but the client wants to have some edits to the template as well as install afew more plugins. The documentations states that we use Development mode

if you are making code changes to CKAN and either creating new extensions or making code changes to existing extensions. This mode also uses the .env file for config options.

What process would i take ensuring i dont loose data?

[kowh-ai]

Well, to not lose any data, make sure you don't delete the Docker volumes. However as you have installed CKAN using the "Non Development" Docker option it will be a bit tricky to modify code and to work on new extensions as you will need to have the Development library dependancies (dev-requirements.txt) installed.