Hi! I’ve got an old Discourse instance. I tried to do all the update but I’ve frequently some bugs. How I can I migrate my Discourse instance to a fresh new install?

Take a backup of your current install. Install Discourse from scratch on another VPS. Restore your backup. :tada:

I saw this [image] Move your Discourse Instance to a Different Server Self-Hosting bookmark This is a guide for moving your Discourse instance from one server to another, including all settings and data. This guide applies to self-hosted Discourse instances usi…

And don’t forget to change the ‘A’ entry in the dns of your domain with the ip of the new server.

How to migrate my Discourse instance to a fresh new install

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CamilleRoux (Camille Roux) July 7, 2018, 12:18pm 2

I saw this

But I’m stick to postgres 9.5, I’m afraid this is going to failed

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