# Import\_scripts are missing
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-scripts-are-missing/101561
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 7, 2018, 8:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-scripts-are-missing/101561 "2018-11-07T20:14:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@badqap](https://meta.discourse.org/u/badqap)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2018, 8:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-scripts-are-missing/101561/1 "2018-11-07T20:14:54Z")
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](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-from-bbpress-wordpress-plugin-to-discourse/48876):
>
> 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](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/), not the legacy standalone version of bbPress. What data can be imported? Users (including anonymous users) Categories Topics Posts Private Messages (via BuddyPress) Attachments Permalinks Before starting the migration set a development environment on your machine (or inside a virtual machine)…
thank you
(I’m completely new in discourse)
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-scripts-are-missing/101561/2 "2018-11-07T20:25:07Z")
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.
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### Author:  [@frold](https://meta.discourse.org/u/frold)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-scripts-are-missing/101561/3 "2018-11-07T20:47:57Z")
You can have a look at my little howto:
> [@Install Discourse on Vultr and import from Kunena3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/howto-install-discouse-vultr-and-import-from-kunena3/74269):
>
> 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…
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### Author:  [@badqap](https://meta.discourse.org/u/badqap)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2018, 4:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-scripts-are-missing/101561/4 "2018-11-09T04:47:17Z")
Thank you, I found it! 🙂
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### Author:  [@rishabh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rishabh)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2018, 7:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-scripts-are-missing/101561/5 "2018-11-09T07:03:09Z")