Hi there, I created a new instance using https://bitnami.com/stack/discourse/cloud/google It is up and running which is super great. However, following Create, download, and restore a backup of your Discourse database , I did a backup from my current starter instance on .discourse.group but when I …

[image] campey: I created a new instance using Discourse(R) packaged by Bitnami So you should ask them for help. If you want help here you (mostly) need to do a standard install . But also, Discourse requires https with a valid certificate. It won’t work on an IP address. It’s possible if you…

hi @campey :waving_hand: welcome to Discourse Meta. unfortunately we do not support bitnami installs. [image] Bitnami installations are unsupported Self-Hosting Community support is only provided for installs that use the official instructions: discourse/docs/…

Thanks, @pfaffman and @Lilly , I guess I’ll be reinstalling then, following the instructions, at some point. Thanks for the tip on the cert @pfaffman , but if it is going to be unsupported, then maybe not worth getting it working. Meantime I’ll be on the .discourse.group hosting, shaking my fist at …

Restore failing on new bitnami instance

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Lilly (Lillian ) April 27, 2025, 8:30am 3

hi @campey welcome to Discourse Meta. unfortunately we do not support bitnami installs.

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Restore failing on new bitnami instance

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