# Can sub-forums of the same instance split up and move to new independent servers (or discourse instances)?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-sub-forums-of-the-same-instance-split-up-and-move-to-new-independent-servers-or-discourse-instances/38516
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [26 januari 2016 om 15:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-sub-forums-of-the-same-instance-split-up-and-move-to-new-independent-servers-or-discourse-instances/38516 "2016-01-26T15:48:03Z")
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### Author:  [@Adrimel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Adrimel)
#### Post date: [26 januari 2016 om 15:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-sub-forums-of-the-same-instance-split-up-and-move-to-new-independent-servers-or-discourse-instances/38516/1 "2016-01-26T15:48:03Z")
Hi there,
We are about to move a few forum/mailing lists to discourse. There would be one master project that gathers a handful of dedicated discourse instances, all sharing the same interface and contributing to badges/credits for the users.
If one day the main project would fall apart, would it be possible to separate and move the sub-forums to new independent servers (or discourse instances)?
Thanks for your support
Adrien
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [26 januari 2016 om 20:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-sub-forums-of-the-same-instance-split-up-and-move-to-new-independent-servers-or-discourse-instances/38516/2 "2016-01-26T20:35:50Z")
Worst case you could just copy the whole thing (with all instances) to separate servers and hide the categories you didn’t want.
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### Author:  [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [26 januari 2016 om 20:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-sub-forums-of-the-same-instance-split-up-and-move-to-new-independent-servers-or-discourse-instances/38516/3 "2016-01-26T20:59:09Z")
Assuming the topics that should be moved out live in their own category, a solution for this is currently being proposed:
> [@CLI command to migrate a single category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cli-command-to-migrate-a-single-category/35728):
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> We need to build a general purpose tool for moving a category from one Discourse instance to another. This has come up on one of our customers and is also useful for a variety of use cases: Use cases for category import / export (current need) During huge migrations we may need to avoid long term downtime, so we need to run a temporary site on one domain and then ship the content (eventually) to the new imported site In some cases category partitioning is not strong enough, we have seen t…
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### Author:  [@Adrimel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Adrimel)
#### Post date: [26 januari 2016 om 21:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-sub-forums-of-the-same-instance-split-up-and-move-to-new-independent-servers-or-discourse-instances/38516/4 "2016-01-26T21:22:02Z")
Thanks a lot fefrei, it seems indeed to be the most elegant solution.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [12 december 2018 om 16:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-sub-forums-of-the-same-instance-split-up-and-move-to-new-independent-servers-or-discourse-instances/38516/5 "2018-12-12T16:12:51Z")
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [23 oktober 2021 om 17:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-sub-forums-of-the-same-instance-split-up-and-move-to-new-independent-servers-or-discourse-instances/38516/6 "2021-10-23T17:16:28Z")
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### Author:  [@hello-smile6](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hello-smile6)
#### Post date: [24 oktober 2021 om 23:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-sub-forums-of-the-same-instance-split-up-and-move-to-new-independent-servers-or-discourse-instances/38516/7 "2021-10-24T23:27:26Z")
Why is a 6-year old post bumped?
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [25 oktober 2021 om 02:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-sub-forums-of-the-same-instance-split-up-and-move-to-new-independent-servers-or-discourse-instances/38516/8 "2021-10-25T02:35:09Z")
Because of this feature: [Automatically bumping old topics on a category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-bumping-old-topics-on-a-category/92518)
Looks like this need has been answered: [Move topics from one Discourse instance to another](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-and-category-export-import/38930)
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### Author:  [@hello-smile6](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hello-smile6)
#### Post date: [25 oktober 2021 om 02:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-sub-forums-of-the-same-instance-split-up-and-move-to-new-independent-servers-or-discourse-instances/38516/9 "2021-10-25T02:35:47Z")
Okay, thank you for explaining.
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [25 oktober 2021 om 02:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-sub-forums-of-the-same-instance-split-up-and-move-to-new-independent-servers-or-discourse-instances/38516/10 "2021-10-25T02:35:54Z")