Import_scripts are missing

[badqap]

Hello,

I want to try to import my old bbpress forum to my discourse, I hope it will be good

But the import_scripts directory is missing. How can I install it?

I want to use this:

Migrate a bbPress WordPress plugin forum to Discourse

I recently did a bbPress database migration successfully using Discourse’s inbuilt migration script. Now I’m going to share it as a step-by-step tutorial. Note: This tutorial is for the bbPress plugin, not the legacy standalone version of bbPress. What data can be imported? Users Categories Topics Posts Before starting the migration set a development environment on your machine (or inside a virtual machine) and run the import there instead of inside the docker container. When I tried it ins…

thank you

(I’m completely new in discourse)

[Stephen]

The folder isn’t missing, you’re just looking for it outside Docker.

From within the app the path is:

/var/www/discourse/script/import_scripts

Are you doing the import on a development install, or trying to migrate from within Discourse built using the cloud install guide?

It’s all explained in the first paragraph of the guide:

Before starting the migration set a development environment on your machine (or inside a virtual machine) and run the import there instead of inside the docker container.

[frold]

You can have a look at my little howto:

Install Discourse on Vultr and import from Kunena3

This guide shows how I was able to setup discourse and import 10.000+ users and 38.000+ posts from kunena. I was running an outdated Joomla! 2.5.28 version with kunena 3.0.8 on top and it was hacked. Therefore I was looking for a new solution for my site. I knew discourse from another forum I use as a visitor, not as an owner. For me, without other skills than basic SSH and unix skills, I found it very hard to install and import. I’m a medical doctor, a GP, not a programmer… I have spent a wee…

[badqap]

Thank you, I found it!