# Postgresql problem on moving discourse with rsync

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgresql-problem-on-moving-discourse-with-rsync/318771
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [July 27, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgresql-problem-on-moving-discourse-with-rsync/318771 "2024-07-27T14:27:22Z")
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### Author: ![sandra.mccollum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sandra.mccollum/32/441742_2.png) [@sandra.mccollum](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sandra.mccollum)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgresql-problem-on-moving-discourse-with-rsync/318771/11 "2025-12-19T14:09:50Z")

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Also, by restore from a backup, I meant the backup created through the Discourse gui under Advanced → Backup. That should work to basically clone the site from one VPS to another, right? Some other topics were doing so via rsync, which feels like that should not be necessary, to me anyway.

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