Fresh install of GitLab-CE, carry over old repositories and settings

How to Use GitLab Upgrade
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I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04 Server on which I’d like to install GitLab and would like to restore the repository I was working . I’d like to do the following:

  1. Move all the gitlab related data form the old hardrive to an external drive on /mnt
  2. The original repo used apache2, I’d like to use the bundled nginix instead.
  3. How do I simply transfer the repository data and the user/group data. I would not like to carry over web server information or runner informations.

Where do I start?

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When I tried relocation the files, using this: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/629def0a7a26e7c2326566f0758d4a27857b52a3/README.md#storing-git-data-in-an-alternative-directory

[execute] psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
              	Is the server running locally and accepting
              	connections on Unix domain socket "/var/opt/gitlab/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"?