Our self-hosted Discourse instance is running in AWS. We are in the process of migrating our Discourse site to a new AWS instance. I got this message from our IT staff managing our AWS instances: I made the new instance, configured the firewall and security rules. I also updated the configuration …

When I do this, I always install it on a subdomain (ex: test.yourdomain.com ), using the new IP. And when I see that everything is working fine, I move it to the original domain.

What are the steps to test Discourse before switching domains

Product Support

thoka (Thomas Kalka) August 16, 2025, 4:54am 2

You could add an entry in your local hosts file to point your current hostname to the new IP.

Topic		Replies	Views
Migrate discourse from main domain --> subdomain Self-hosting	4	421	June 18, 2024
Using Custom Domain Product Support	12	1322	July 20, 2024
Can I upload discourse backup file to different domain address? Self-hosting backups	2	459	January 22, 2024
Resource/Advice on how to change domains? Self-hosting	3	636	September 27, 2023
How to change the domain for Discourse? Product Support	1	1321	January 31, 2019

What are the steps to test Discourse before switching domains

Related topics