How to migrate the discourse container to another machine

[Karma_Frenzoid]

Hello! I’ve been wondering, if i ever need to change my VPS, and i want to migrate my discourse forum to another machine, do i just make an image of the container, and launch it on the new vps?

Or is there anything else that needs to be done?

Best regards!

[schleifer (Andrew Schleifer)]

The two things you need to save to move a forum to a new server are:

1. Save a backup from the admin section
2. Copy the app.yml file

[codinghorror (Jeff Atwood)]

Surely this is covered by an existing #faq topic @tshenry?

[tshenry (Taylor)]

Indeed! We have a couple methods that are documented:

Moving Discourse Docker install to other VPS with 1:1 sync

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Move your Discourse Instance to a Different Server

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