# Migrate an SMF2 forum to Discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-an-smf2-forum-to-discourse/90314>\
**Category:** Sysadmins\
**Tags:** how-to\
**Created:** [June 20, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-an-smf2-forum-to-discourse/90314 "2018-06-20T14:26:51Z")\
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First, look and see if you have those filenames anywhere. If you are lucky you just didn’t configure the importer to look for the files in the right place. Sometimes it’s something more difficult to straighten out.

If those image links work, It’s possible to pull in those images from the other server. You can see system settings that have “download” in them.

If you’re stuck and have a budget see [Redirecting…](https://www.literatecomputing.com/discourse-migration/).

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