# Easier forum migration to Discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/easier-forum-migration-to-discourse/42143>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [Abril 6, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easier-forum-migration-to-discourse/42143 "2016-04-06T19:13:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![precessor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/precessor/32/120664_2.png) [@precessor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/precessor)\
**Post date:** [Abril 6, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easier-forum-migration-to-discourse/42143/1 "2016-04-06T19:13:31Z")

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Whilst a series of scripts are provided for forum migration, and recommended as part of the [FAQ](http://www.discourse.org/faq/), performing a migration still requires considerable expertise connecting to the remote database, and/or setting up a local development version of Discourse, or even installing mysql. I propose a simpler process for the end user:

- User uploads their other-forum db backup via the Discourse interface (so no remote db connection)
- User initiates import script, script auto-backups the Discourse, and then runs the import

If the import scripts would provide the option to just look on a local import directory, that would already be a great improvement for ease of use, even if the import scripts are not run via the Discourse UI.

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