How easy is it to move to another server?

[shaco (Kannen Rebez)]

I just need to install new discourse on the new hosting, pin the domain and then upload my backup ??

[itsbhanusharma (Bhanu Sharma)]

The moving process goes like this:

1. Put forum in Read Only
2. Take a Backup & Download it
3. Point domain to the new Server
4. Install and set up discourse on new server
5. Restore Backup

[codinghorror (Jeff Atwood)]

Note that you can also restore backup from the command line if you wish to skip the setup wizard and initial configuration with the web browser, as well.

[shaco (Kannen Rebez)]

How do I do it from the command line?

[tobiaseigen]

There is a howto topic for this. search here is super useful.

Restore a backup from command line

Here’s how to restore a Discourse backup from the command line, without ever booting the Discourse web UI. This is handy when you’re moving servers. Prerequisites Download the latest backup file from source Discourse instance. The destination discourse needs to be bootstrapped (run ./discourse-setup or copy your existing app.yml) Make sure that the destination Discourse instance is on the latest version. Update it if necessary. Transfer Backup SSH into the destination server, or otherwise c…

[shaco (Kannen Rebez)]

Thanks, I can see that anyway you need to rebuild the application so it comes out with same time for work with i.
Are there any benefits of this solution?