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!

[afbeelding] 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 …

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

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_voti…

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.

Please a guide on how to do this , please!

[afbeelding] Nathan Kershaw: I suspect that you might have tried to restore it to a later version of Discourse - and the database has moved on. This is supported and should work fine. [afbeelding] philh: discourse_functions.raise_discourse_voting_category_settings_readonly() does not exi…

[afbeelding] Michael Brown: This is supported and should work fine. That is good to hear! I probably got a bit confused about the other direction i.e. it isn’t a good idea to use an older version of Discourse with a current backup. [afbeelding] Michael Brown: Do you have this plugin (dis…

Hoe kan ik migreren van Discourse Hosted naar zelf hosten

Ondersteuning Installatie

Falco (Falco) 25 oktober 2024 om 21:54 21

This sounds like something @gerhard knows about.

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