How do you edit vanila.rb on production server directly? I’m getting the same error and I know nothing about ruby.

Hey :wave:, if you have a standard installation, usually you would do the following: cd /var/discourse ./launcher enter app cd script/import_scripts Then you can edit vanilla.rb here.

Is there default editor? Because, nano and vim aren’t working in launcher.

You can install it using apt update && apt install nano ; this should work.

Welcome, Shin :slight_smile: Just to know more about your import, are you following this guide (it uses the Vanilla script as an example)? [изображение] Set up an environment to migrate another forum to Discourse packageMigrating to Discourse Want to setup a D…

Thank you very much. Whenever I searched on forum I found this this guide: [изображение] Migrate a Vanilla forum to Discourse Sysadmins I know there are a lot of posts about importing contents from a vanilla forum, but theres a lack of comprehensive guide! No…

Thank you very much. I had tried that earlier but for some reason it works now :smiley:

An alternative can be configuring an editor like Visual Studio Code to connect to the remote container and edit the files from here, right? Editing a script via a command-line tool such as nano can quickly be a painful experience. Also, I think the files you modify will be overwritten if you rebuil…

Yes it is quite hectic to modify files through command-line tools. It’s just that discourse has all the tools and features to power a well managed community. I’ve migrated from several forums before but have 0 knowledge of ruby. If it overwrites files, the only other solution is to create a plugin…

[изображение] Shin: I’ve migrated from several forums before but have 0 knowledge of ruby. I was in exactly that same position about 12 months ago. I learned enough Ruby to modify the SMF import script to migrate a 700,000 post/8,000 user forum and I’ve been happily running Discourse since ou…

I’d like to quote this: [изображение] What I should do for migration from Cusdis to Discourse I wrote several [importers] before really learning Ruby :slight_smile: I also modified importers for my migrations, and I don’t know Ruby as well. It’s not a mandatory skill at all. Regarding how …

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Thank you very much.

Whenever I searched on forum I found this this guide:

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