# Move your Discourse Instance to a Different Server

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-your-discourse-instance-to-a-different-server/15721
**Category:** Self-Hosting
**Tags:** migrations, how-to
**Created:** [May 16, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-your-discourse-instance-to-a-different-server/15721 "2014-05-16T20:56:27Z")
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### Author: ![Gunnar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gunnar/32/119647_2.png) [@Gunnar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gunnar)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-your-discourse-instance-to-a-different-server/15721/100 "2025-09-12T21:41:15Z")

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If you’re on Ubuntu 20.04 still, are you using Docker and aufs?

if you are, you should read this before proceeding:

> [@Docker Upgrade Removed AUFS Storage Driver, Killed Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-upgrade-removed-aufs-storage-driver-killed-discourse/308181):
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> I run a Discourse forum installation on Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS. The Docker image uses AUFS for storage. Today, I installed upgrades via sudo apt upgrade. Now the Discourse forum is no longer accessible, and it appears to be because a Docker upgrade removed the AUFS storage driver. I see plenty of guides to configuring Docker to use Overlay2 instead, but I don’t see any guidance on how to migrate my existing Discourse installation to use Overlay2, especially now that I can’t start Docker to mount m…

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