# Issues while migrating from Kunena

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-while-migrating-from-kunena/24859
**Category:** Migration
**Tags:** kunena
**Created:** [February 5, 2015, 10:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-while-migrating-from-kunena/24859 "2015-02-05T10:42:38Z")
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### Author: ![tarek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tarek/32/124831_2.png) [@tarek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tarek)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2016, 12:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-while-migrating-from-kunena/24859/26 "2016-05-07T12:48:29Z")

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> [@Migrate from another forum to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-from-another-forum-to-discourse/16616/28):
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> Are the databases exactly the same or is there something special I need to do when importing a development database into production?

I assume this has been sorted out by now, but just FYI, the conversion process isn’t a direct DB copy. Instead, you have to do a backup / restore as per [these instructions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-your-discourse-instance-to-a-different-server/15721).

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