How easy is it to move to another server?

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Restore a backup from the 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 the backup SSH into the destination server, or otherwi…