How to properly package discourse as an image

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Can I package the running Discourse instance as an image and import it into a new VPS while ensuring it runs successfully? It has been hacked, so the backup cannot be exported from the panel. Will using docker commit cause issues with the database?

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If your VM has been hacked you have to assume that your Discourse container was hacked too.

Your backups are in /var/discourse/shared/standalone/backups/default. See Restore a backup from the command line. What I would do is Move a Discourse site to another VPS with rsync

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Wanna get the latest backup from panel though.

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There is no backup on the panel. The back up is on the hard drive (or SSD) in /var/discourse/shared/standalone/backups/default. The panel is a way to download the file, except you can’t use it now, so you can copy it from the VM via SCP or something like it.

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