Because when I try to migrate using the built-in backup, the compression process quickly fills up my disk. I still had around 60GB free space, but during backup the disk goes full and fails. [IMG_3879] However, if I just manually compress the entire /var/discourse folder, the archive is only abou…

snap remove aws-cli .\launcher stop app docker system prune apt autoremove .\launcher enter app discourse backup docker cp “app:/var/www/discourse/public/backups/default/your-site-2006-01-02-150405-v20200101150405.tar.gz “ “root@[server_ip_address]:/var/discourse/shared/standalone/backups/defa…

Hey, [image] Monikas: Can I simply tar/pack the entire /var/discourse folder, move it to a new server, extract it, and then run Discourse? • Or do I have to follow the recommended way (database backup + copy uploads separately)? Have a look at this: [image] Move a D…

Also, if you haven’t done a ./launcher cleanup then you may have a bunch of docker images taking up space.

i think docker system prune might help

I tried it liberated it to 44gb my server total 98 and then I started s3 again it still doesn’t work don’t have enough space don’t know what discourse said about backups being so big [2025-08-20 10:11:31] Finalizing backup… [2025-08-20 10:11:31] Creating archive: discourse-2025-08-20-101058-v2025…

I think you’ll need to delete the .tar file left in /var/discourse/shared/standalone/backups/default It sounds like you have more uploads than will fit in a backup. You’ll need to (1) get a bigger disk, (2) move assets to Spaces or S3, (3) move uploads to a volume, (4) don’t backup uploads The sim…

[image] Monikas: • Can I simply tar/pack the entire /var/discourse folder, move it to a new server, extract it, and then run Discourse? I have done a version of this as part of a move from one EC2 instance to a larger one, but with the caveat that the new server I was using was going to have …

Can I just tar the whole /var/discourse and run it on a new server?

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sam (Sam Saffron) August 21, 2025, 5:26am 8

It is a messy way of moving, but as long as it’s a default install and you make sure you stop all your docker containers first, it will probably work

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Can I just tar the whole /var/discourse and run it on a new server?

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