# 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: ![fefrei](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fefrei/32/119538_2.png) [@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")

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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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