We were previously using Discourse Hosted, but we’ve moved to self-hosting. How can we transfer our data from Discourse Hosted to our self-hosted setup? Thank you in advance!

[image] philh: [2024-10-25 17:35:57] ERROR: function discourse_functions.raise_discourse_voting_category_settings_readonly() does not exist [2024-10-25 17:35:58] EXCEPTION: psql failed: ERROR: function discourse_functions.raise_discourse_voting_category_settings_readonly() does not exist [image] Michael Brown: Do you have this plugin (discourse-post-voting) installed? [image] Olajuwon: Its still not working prior to installing the plugin :point_down: > discourse-post-voting These errors aren’t caused by the post-voting plugin being absent - you need to install the topic-voting plugin.

You can ask for a backup including all uploads. But I think you also get one when you cancel the hosting. (I think asking the Discourse team instead of the community support could lead to a more detailed answer, because they know the process better than random members of the community.) [image]How do I cancel my hosting plan? As part of the cancellation process, a complete backup, including all uploads associated with your site, will be generated and made available for download. Please ensure that you keep this backup in a safe place so that you can restore the site in the future if needed. [image] Create, download, and restore a backup of your Discourse database Self-Hosting bookmark This guide provides step-by-step instructions for creating, downloading, and restoring a backup of your Discourse database. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator Discourse allows site administrators to create and download a copy of the site’s database. The backup can then be uploaded and restored to any Discourse forum. Discourse backups include the full site database, which contains everything on the site: topics, posts, users, groups, settings, themes, etc. D…

[image] Moin: you also get one when you cancel the hosting. You do. I asked at the beginning of the year and got this answer from the Team. “As part of our cancellation process, we generate a complete backup of your site, including all uploads, which will be made available for you to download”

and were you able to migrate it successfully @ondrej ??

I did that and created a backup, which I downloaded. However, when I tried to restore it on the self-hosted platform, I encountered errors. Did you perhaps make any additional configuration changes before restoring, aside from changing the hostname?

I didn’t make any changes I just uploaded it with no issues. What kind of errors are you getting?

log.txt (3).zip (2.5 KB) thats the error i am getting

Link to your self hosted site?? Did you see the error from your log? [2024-10-25 17:35:57] ERROR: function discourse_functions.raise_discourse_voting_category_settings_readonly() does not exist [2024-10-25 17:35:58] EXCEPTION: psql failed: ERROR: function discourse_functions.raise_discourse_voting_category_settings_readonly() does not exist

Here’s is the hosted Community

I suspect that you might have tried to restore it to a later version of Discourse - and the database has moved on. If you start with a clean install of the same vintage as your backup, restore your backup, and then upgrade you should be sweet.

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ondrej October 25, 2024, 4:52pm 6

Hi, yes. I created / downloaded the backup then restored in on my new site

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