# Migration **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/migration/106.md?page=5 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 6 --- ## [What I should do for migration from Cusdis to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-i-should-do-for-migration-from-cusdis-to-discourse/244293)
**Author:** [@mikeguo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mikeguo)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2022, 4:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-i-should-do-for-migration-from-cusdis-to-discourse/244293 "2022-12-09T04:56:18Z")
The community platform my website using is Cusdis, and there have been some comments. Now, my website changes to use Discourse, and I need to migrate the existing comments to Discourse. So I wonder how to migrate the da… --- ## [Pre-migration evaluation for a large Drupal 7 forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-migration-evaluation-for-a-large-drupal-7-forum/241743)
**Author:** [@rahim123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rahim123)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-migration-evaluation-for-a-large-drupal-7-forum/241743 "2022-12-07T15:47:30Z")
Hi everyone, I own and administer what I believe is one of the largest Drupal-based forums on the internet, getting toward 2M posts. Drupal 7 is dying, and Drupal 8/9 are turning into more of a framework for web programm… --- ## [Postgres console edge case not obeying POSIX regexp rules?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgres-console-edge-case-not-obeying-posix-regexp-rules/247683)
**Author:** [@rahim123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rahim123)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgres-console-edge-case-not-obeying-posix-regexp-rules/247683 "2022-12-04T16:04:01Z")
Hi there, I’m trying to run some regexp\_replace commands in the pg console to convert links in my testbed Discourse instance that was migrated from a huge Drupal 7 forum. Across almost 2M posts there are a bunch of links… --- ## [Migrate Private Messages from vBulletin5 to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-private-messages-from-vbulletin5-to-discourse/247065)
**Author:** [@Crius](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Crius)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-private-messages-from-vbulletin5-to-discourse/247065 "2022-12-03T15:01:07Z")
Hi there, I’ve only found this other thread on the topic: vBulletin 5 import : how to import private messages? Which, in classic internet fashion, mention a solution but doesn’t really share :smiley: Is there anyone t… --- ## [Backup restore after migration, no admin account creation email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-restore-after-migration-no-admin-account-creation-email/247048)
**Author:** [@rahim123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rahim123)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-restore-after-migration-no-admin-account-creation-email/247048 "2022-11-29T19:02:05Z")
Hi there, I’ve now done 2 test installations with the backup from my Drupal migration, which I restored on fresh Discourse instances in a different VPS with correctly configured FQDN and working email. The importer insta… --- ## [Migration from FluxBB while preserving incoming links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migration-from-fluxbb-while-preserving-incoming-links/172351)
**Author:** [@alldritt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alldritt)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migration-from-fluxbb-while-preserving-incoming-links/172351 "2022-11-14T14:56:22Z")
Hello everyone, I’m planning a migration of an existing community (macscripter.net - Mac OS Automation discussions) hosted with FluxBB to Discourse. This article looks promising in terms of migrating the data. Its goi… --- ## [Detailed tutorial on migration from Flarum to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/detailed-tutorial-on-migration-from-flarum-to-discourse/244884)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Li](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Charlie_Li)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/detailed-tutorial-on-migration-from-flarum-to-discourse/244884 "2022-11-09T19:30:52Z")
Hi! I was using flarum to host my forum with about 1k posts and users. And I was thinking about migrating from flarum to discourse lately. I have checked several posts on this but didn’t find a detailed tutorial to do th… --- ## [Merge Discourse and SMF](https://meta.discourse.org/t/merge-discourse-and-smf/243531)
**Author:** [@daemon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/daemon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/merge-discourse-and-smf/243531 "2022-11-01T14:48:43Z")
Hello! I have the following question: Since 2017 I have a SMF forum with now about 4000 posts. Last year I had in parallel a Discourse forum with about 1000 posts, but it is not online at the moment, because I went ba… --- ## [Problem in vBulletin to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-in-vbulletin-to-discourse/241197)
**Author:** [@Joker\_Star](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Joker_Star)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-in-vbulletin-to-discourse/241197 "2022-10-06T22:58:24Z")
Hi, I am using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and want to convert vBulletin to Discourse. DB\_HOST = “172.17.0.5” DB\_USER = “root” DB\_PASSWORD = “\*\*\*\*\*\*\*” when I input RAILS\_ENV=production bundle exec ruby script/import\_scripts/vb… --- ## [Migrating 6000 users from existing site to Discourse forum before taking site offline](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-6000-users-from-existing-site-to-discourse-forum-before-taking-site-offline/240606)
**Author:** [@billmaya](https://meta.discourse.org/u/billmaya)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-6000-users-from-existing-site-to-discourse-forum-before-taking-site-offline/240606 "2022-10-02T16:25:21Z")
I have just over 6,000 users on a site that I am going to sunset that I want to migrate to a Discourse forum that is already up and running and connected to the site via a toolbar link. Site - https://www.legably.com F… --- ## [Troubles executing import/migration scripts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubles-executing-import-migration-scripts/240473)
**Author:** [@Maight723](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Maight723)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2022, 1:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubles-executing-import-migration-scripts/240473 "2022-09-30T13:33:40Z")
I have successfully migrated a forum to Disourcse with a custom script before, but now when I execute it again, I get the following import error: /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/activerecord-7.0.3.1/lib… --- ## [Is it possible to migrate a chat thread in google chat to discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-migrate-a-chat-thread-in-google-chat-to-discourse/233535)
**Author:** [@Ishank\_Tyagi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ishank_Tyagi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-migrate-a-chat-thread-in-google-chat-to-discourse/233535 "2022-09-13T17:52:29Z")
I have a requirement to create a discourse thread corresponding to a google chat thread. Is it possible to move a discussion on GHC to discourse? --- ## [Integrate two discourse forum into one forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integrate-two-discourse-forum-into-one-forum/239621)
**Author:** [@eddie.kim0](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eddie.kim0)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 4:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integrate-two-discourse-forum-into-one-forum/239621 "2022-09-22T04:25:43Z")
Hi I am running two discourse forums. Is there any way to migrate postings and users of one forum to the other one? Thank you so much. --- ## [How can I sort the topic replies by date](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-sort-the-topic-replies-by-date/238344)
**Author:** [@CarlosDaniel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CarlosDaniel)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-sort-the-topic-replies-by-date/238344 "2022-09-08T17:52:37Z")
Hello. I don’t know if it’s possible, and if it is I googled a lot and did not find anything about this, but I would like to sort all the replies of all the topics of my forum by the created date. I’ve been working on a… --- ## [Importing Data to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-data-to-discourse/237044)
**Author:** [@Ali3](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ali3)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-data-to-discourse/237044 "2022-08-24T12:39:58Z")
Hi, I have a website on WordPress, where I have around 35000 Post, and want to shift my website from Wordpress to Discourse, I have the ability to extract data from my website in different formats, like CSV, etc Can you… --- ## [Change from phpbb to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-from-phpbb-to-discourse/230968)
**Author:** [@Timothee\_scheufler](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Timothee_scheufler)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2022, 10:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-from-phpbb-to-discourse/230968 "2022-07-25T10:01:41Z")
So our Forum currently uses phpbb 3.3.7 and we think about changing to Discourse. Is there a (easy) way to change from phpbb to Discourse? We would like to keep all Threads, user accounts, etc… Thanks for any help! p… --- ## [Is it possible to clone all my user accounts into Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-clone-all-my-user-accounts-into-discourse/232877)
**Author:** [@Erik\_Vollstädt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Erik_Vollst%C3%A4dt)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-clone-all-my-user-accounts-into-discourse/232877 "2022-07-14T14:52:22Z")
We have integrated the Discourse API into our website for the forum and messaging functionality first of all. And we wanted every of our users to automatically have a Discourse user account so they could be using the mes… --- ## [Flarum to Discourse Migration failed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flarum-to-discourse-migration-failed/222696)
**Author:** [@thimiraonline](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thimiraonline)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2022, 7:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flarum-to-discourse-migration-failed/222696 "2022-06-02T07:33:58Z")
I have setup everything and tried to import flarum\_import.rb. But it says thimira@THIMIRA:~/discourse/script/import\_scripts$ bundle exec ruby flarum\_import.rb Traceback (most recent call last): 1: from flarum\_imp… --- ## [Sharepoint to discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sharepoint-to-discourse/228707)
**Author:** [@Edwin\_Lim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Edwin_Lim)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sharepoint-to-discourse/228707 "2022-06-01T13:16:06Z")
Is there any available tools to migrate from sharepoint discussion board to discourse? --- ## [Migration error with question2answer.rb](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migration-error-with-question2answer-rb/110601)
**Author:** [@Ankhamax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ankhamax)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migration-error-with-question2answer-rb/110601 "2019-03-06T16:19:54Z")
Hi there, I am trying to use question2answer.rb importer script to migrate my site to the discourse platform. But I am facing the following error during the migration process. How to fix it? :thinking: I am using the d… --- ## [Migrate Microsoft Teams Threads to Discourse Posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-microsoft-teams-threads-to-discourse-posts/224429)
**Author:** [@EaZee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EaZee)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-microsoft-teams-threads-to-discourse-posts/224429 "2022-04-15T17:38:51Z")
I had a need to migrate select chat threads from Microsoft Teams to Discourse and present them as forum posts. I wasn’t finding a plugin that performed this task for me, and again, I wanted to manually trigger per threa… --- ## [Populating topic\_links table](https://meta.discourse.org/t/populating-topic-links-table/223943)
**Author:** [@stuwest](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stuwest)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2022, 12:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/populating-topic-links-table/223943 "2022-04-14T00:40:47Z")
I’m in the middle of writing the process to migrate from bespoke forum software to Discourse. My import script is not currently adding entries to the topic\_links table, and I wanted to ask if there is something, like may… --- ## [Move to Discourse from Flarum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-to-discourse-from-flarum/222525)
**Author:** [@thimiraonline](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thimiraonline)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2022, 1:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-to-discourse-from-flarum/222525 "2022-03-30T13:32:43Z")
Hi I am Thimira I have a forum build with flarum at https://community.androidwedakarayo.com Now I want to move from Flarum to Discourse. Could anyone help me to do that. I have tried the guide that in here, but I was n… --- ## [Importing from phpBB](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-from-phpbb/215348)
**Author:** [@Wanderer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Wanderer)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-from-phpbb/215348 "2022-03-13T21:33:30Z")
Hello, I’m trying to import an old phpBB2 forum into the new Discourse. I made the preliminar import from phpBB2 to phpBB3, as stated in your docs. I had problems with avatar import (no import), and with passwords. Sur… --- ## [Importing / migrating from Zendesk Community to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-migrating-from-zendesk-community-to-discourse/220247)
**Author:** [@johnsnowtesting123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/johnsnowtesting123)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2022, 7:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-migrating-from-zendesk-community-to-discourse/220247 "2022-03-07T07:29:33Z")
Hello Discourse Community, I am looking to use the Discourse forum but want to migrate content from Zendesk Community using the import script discourse/import\_scripts/zendesk.rb I have 4 CSV files inn the import\_scripts… --- ## [SImple Machine Forum SMF](https://meta.discourse.org/t/simple-machine-forum-smf/219905)
**Author:** [@compgeniuses](https://meta.discourse.org/u/compgeniuses)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/simple-machine-forum-smf/219905 "2022-03-03T01:04:27Z")
I noticed that the documentation for migrating Simple machine forum is no longer vsisible, which i undrstand is supposed to be here https://meta.discourse.org/t/importer-for-simple-machines-2-forums/17656 is there anyt… --- ## [Fix permalinks to point to topic-url and not to first post of topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fix-permalinks-to-point-to-topic-url-and-not-to-first-post-of-topic/218262)
**Author:** [@rrit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rrit)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fix-permalinks-to-point-to-topic-url-and-not-to-first-post-of-topic/218262 "2022-02-15T20:47:47Z")
After a customized migration many permalinks were pointing to the first post in a topic instead of the topic-url itself. e.g. permalinks pointing to https://forum.example.com/t/example-topic/123/1 instead of https://… --- ## [Import from phpList CSV](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-from-phplist-csv/197117)
**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2022, 12:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-from-phplist-csv/197117 "2022-02-13T00:46:19Z")
I am considering moving an announcement (newsletter) mailing list to a Discourse category. I’m currently using the best open source software for email newsletters, so I accept that the change might not be the best idea!… --- ## [Continuing to run Mailman and Discourse using the exact email addresses (as Mailman) in parallel](https://meta.discourse.org/t/continuing-to-run-mailman-and-discourse-using-the-exact-email-addresses-as-mailman-in-parallel/217854)
**Author:** [@Duksh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Duksh)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/continuing-to-run-mailman-and-discourse-using-the-exact-email-addresses-as-mailman-in-parallel/217854 "2022-02-11T14:36:01Z")
My company has a huge Mailman archive and a majority of the early users still prefer the Mailman interaction workflow. Management wants Mailman to still run but at the same time to start a phase-based online engagement … --- ## [Migration strategy and "account created" mail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migration-strategy-and-account-created-mail/44976)
**Author:** [@francescomalatesta](https://meta.discourse.org/u/francescomalatesta)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 10:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migration-strategy-and-account-created-mail/44976 "2016-05-30T10:26:49Z")
Hi everyone, first post here. I tried to search for something useful but I did not had any luck. I need an advice about my migration strategy. I have a forum developed by myself. A very basic forum, no social logins, o… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/migration/106.md?page=4) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/migration/106.md?page=6)