# Questions About Migrating From Xenforo **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/questions-about-migrating-from-xenforo/42966 **Category:** Self-hosting **Created:** [April 22, 2016, 3:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/questions-about-migrating-from-xenforo/42966 "2016-04-22T03:49:37Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 23
### Author: ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh) #### Post date: [November 21, 2016, 1:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/questions-about-migrating-from-xenforo/42966/23 "2016-11-21T13:51:11Z")
Continued here: > [@Migrate a XenForo forum to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-xenforo-to-discourse/45232): > > Hey guys so after trying for a week or so I decided to import the database on docker app which I hoped it will succeed without any issues. TBH I got some issues at first but it turned to be all easy to solve. Now I would recommend doing this only once before you deploy your production site, after importing everything take a Discourse backup, wipe everything out and install new Discourse instance then restore the imported db. Ok let’s begin: First lets backup your old database from your old … --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/questions-about-migrating-from-xenforo/42966)._