# Move Discourse to a new server without setting up the web UI first?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-discourse-to-a-new-server-without-setting-up-the-web-ui-first/76504>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [December 20, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-discourse-to-a-new-server-without-setting-up-the-web-ui-first/76504 "2017-12-20T19:29:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pad\_Pors](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pad_pors/32/52016_2.png) [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 9:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-discourse-to-a-new-server-without-setting-up-the-web-ui-first/76504/5 "2020-01-24T09:39:11Z")

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when I use the command line, everything goes well during the restore but at the end I get the following error:  
`Something went wrong while notifying user. `

do you have any idea what I should do?

also is it possible to set up the new server by simply **copying** /var/discourse/ of the old server into the new one, rather than restoring a backup?

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