# Migrate a phpBB3 forum to Discourse **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-a-phpbb3-forum-to-discourse/30810 **Category:** Migrating to Discourse **Tags:** how-to **Created:** [July 5, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-a-phpbb3-forum-to-discourse/30810 "2015-07-05T22:02:57Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 461
### Author: ![Queth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/queth/32/154753_2.png) [@Queth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Queth) #### Post date: [August 29, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-a-phpbb3-forum-to-discourse/30810/461 "2019-08-29T17:06:46Z")
hello, I’m trying to do a testrun on my local environment to see if I can get my forum migrated to discourse. I used [this install guide](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-install-discourse-for-development-using-docker/102009) to install discourse I have a phpbb3 database export locally. I have installed a local discourse on my mac with docker for desktop. I am now trying to follow the instructions in this topic but I get stuck because I use docker, but not ubuntu, and it is local environment. So I don’t know how to proceed ☹ there is no app.yml in my discourse directory. could anyone help me with what steps to take ? many thanks in advance! --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-a-phpbb3-forum-to-discourse/30810)._