# Import data from Phorum

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-data-from-phorum/40294>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [February 28, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-data-from-phorum/40294 "2016-02-28T16:19:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 11:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-data-from-phorum/40294/8 "2016-03-10T11:06:28Z")

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Looks like you’re trying to run the importer inside the Docker container. This should work:

```plaintext
cd /var/www/discourse
su discourse -c 'bundle exec ruby script/import_scripts/phorum.rb'

```

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