Images lost in backup/restore, change of domain, can't upload new

[Alec]

I came across this problem during recent transfer.

The easiest non tech way is resolving this, was logging on to you original site/host with FileZilla, navigate to

VAR/Discourse/Uploads

Under here you will find subfolders with images. I simply downloaded them from original host and uploaded them to the new one.

An quicker alternative way is to use this method of backup. It’s manual process but worked well also.

Advanced, manual method of manually creating and restoring Discourse backups

As discussed below, a warning for newbies: this is an advanced method! there is an automated, web UI way to restore from backups at /admin/backups which is so much easier. with the method below, no automatic backup is kept of the /var/discourse/containers/app.yml file which contains essential SMTP credentials and SSL customizations. Keep a copy of this offsite whenever you change it. If you are using digital ocean, keep frequent snapshots of your droplets - preferably before each time you run .…