# Migrate a phpBB3 forum to Discourse **URL:** \ **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:** 691
**Author:** ![DonH](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/donh/32/274040_2.png) [@DonH](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DonH)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-a-phpbb3-forum-to-discourse/30810/691 "2022-08-11T04:23:07Z")
Which procedure for the phpbb3 importer should be used when running discourse\_dev in a docker container under WSL? I have tried doing both the procedure 1. Importing using a Docker container and procedure 2. Importing using development environment. Neither has worked although I did get the script to run to completion under procedure 1 but no data actually made it into the forum database despite the many queries seeming to have succeeded as they went along. Could there be a different database involved that is being populated due to import being run in its own container separate from the discourse\_dev container? In the case of procedure 2 it is simply not possible to execute the build which fails with β€œAn error occurred while installing tiny\_tds (2.1.5), and Bundler cannot continue.” Should I try doing a β€˜[standard install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/142537?silent=true)’ (non-docker, non-dev) in WSL then do the Docker-based import? --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-a-phpbb3-forum-to-discourse/30810)._