# Database files are incompatible with server (updating inside Linode)

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [February 5, 2025, 9:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/database-files-are-incompatible-with-server-updating-inside-linode/350727 "2025-02-05T21:22:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![kgreed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/kgreed/32/168602_2.png) [@kgreed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kgreed)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/database-files-are-incompatible-with-server-updating-inside-linode/350727/18 "2025-02-06T21:24:53Z")

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> [@pfaffman](#):
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> unless you don’t know what that means

It is fair to say that I don’t really know what I am doing.  
I have created a new VPS running Ubunto 24.0.1 LTS and am up to the instruction to

```plaintext
rsync -rvz example.com:/var/discourse /var

```

Due to my failed upgrade, [example.com](http://example.com) gives 502 bad gateway.  
I am on a learning curve trying to figure out how to grant access anyway.

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