# Migrating assets from old installation into docker

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-assets-from-old-installation-into-docker/36799>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [December 16, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-assets-from-old-installation-into-docker/36799 "2015-12-16T19:08:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-assets-from-old-installation-into-docker/36799/2 "2015-12-16T20:52:50Z")

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Wait, why not simply use the backup/restore option?

The files are all there, but they are not in the container, see this line:

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse_docker/blob/master/samples/standalone.yml#L74-L77>

Search that area on the host.

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