# Restore from old version to a new version of discourse failed **URL:** \ **Category:** Self-hosting\ **Created:** [December 10, 2019, 10:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-from-old-version-to-a-new-version-of-discourse-failed/135545 "2019-12-10T10:20:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![dazuimao1990](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dazuimao1990/32/164760_2.png) [@dazuimao1990](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dazuimao1990)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 10:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-from-old-version-to-a-new-version-of-discourse-failed/135545/1 "2019-12-10T10:20:09Z")
I want to upgrade my discourse from a very old version to the latest version A backup package from the original discourse contains a meta.json file： ```plaintext {"source":"discourse","version":20160405172827} ``` When I restore the backup in the latest discourse,the following error was encountered: ```plaintext [2019-12-10 08:33:37] Making sure /var/www/discourse/tmp/restores/default/2019-12-10-083337 exists... [2019-12-10 08:33:37] Copying archive to tmp directory... [2019-12-10 08:33:40] Unzipping archive, this may take a while... [2019-12-10 08:34:27] EXCEPTION: wrong argument type nil (expected String) [2019-12-10 08:34:27] /var/www/discourse/lib/backup_restore/restorer.rb:151:in `load_file' /var/www/discourse/lib/backup_restore/restorer.rb:151:in `extract_metadata' /var/www/discourse/lib/backup_restore/restorer.rb:62:in `run' /var/www/discourse/lib/backup_restore.rb:166:in `block in start!' /var/www/discourse/lib/backup_restore.rb:163:in `fork' /var/www/discourse/lib/backup_restore.rb:163:in `start!' /var/www/discourse/lib/backup_restore.rb:22:in `restore!' /var/www/discourse/app/controllers/admin/backups_controller.rb:119:in `restore' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionpack-6.0.1/lib/action_controller/metal/basic_implicit_render.rb:6:in `send_action' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionpack-6.0.1/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb:196:in `process_action' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionpack-6.0.1/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb:30:in `process_action' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionpack-6.0.1/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb:42:in `block in process_action' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activesupport-6.0.1/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:135:in `run_callbacks' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionpack-6.0.1/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb:41:in `process_action' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionpack-6.0.1/lib/action_controller/metal/rescue.rb:22:in `process_action' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionpack-6.0.1/lib/action_controller/metal/instrumentation.rb:33:in `block in process_action' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activesupport-6.0.1/lib/active_support/notifications.rb:180:in `block in instrument' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activesupport-6.0.1/lib/active_support/notifications/instrumenter.rb:24:in `instrument' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activesupport-6.0.1/lib/active_support/notifications.rb:180:in `instrument' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionpack-6.0.1/lib/action_controller/metal/instrumentation.rb:32:in `process_action' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionpack-6.0.1/lib/action_controller/metal/params_wrapper.rb:245:in `process_action' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activerecord-6.0.1/lib/active_record/railties/controller_runtime.rb:27:in `process_action' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionpack-6.0.1/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb:136:in `process' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionview-6.0.1/lib/action_view/rendering.rb:39:in `process' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/rack-mini-profiler-1.1.3/lib/mini_profiler/profiling_methods.rb:104:in `block in profile_method' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionpack-6.0.1/lib/action_controller/metal.rb:191:in `dispatch' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionpack-6.0.1/lib/action_controller/metal.rb:252:in `dispatch' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionpack-6.0.1/lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:51:in `dispatch' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionpack-6.0.1/lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:33:in `serve' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionpack-6.0.1/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb:18:in `block in ' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionpack-6.0.1/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb:48:in `serve' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionpack-6.0.1/lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:49:in `block in serve' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionpack-6.0.1/lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:32:in `each' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionpack-6.0.1/lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:32:in `serve' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionpack-6.0.1/lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:837:in `call' /var/www/discourse/lib/middleware/omniauth_bypass_middleware.rb:68:in `call' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/rack-2.0.7/lib/rack/tempfile_reaper.rb:15:in `call' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/rack-2.0.7/lib/rack/conditional_get.rb:38:in `call' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/rack-2.0.7/lib/rack/head.rb:12:in `call' /var/www/discourse/lib/content_security_policy/middleware.rb:12:in `call' /var/www/discourse/lib/middleware/anonymous_cache.rb:318:in `call' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/rack-2.0.7/lib/rack/session/abstract/id.rb:232:in `context' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/rack-2.0.7/lib/rack/session/abstract/id.rb:226:in `call' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionpack-6.0.1/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/cookies.rb:648:in `call' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionpack-6.0.1/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/callbacks.rb:27:in `block in call' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activesupport-6.0.1/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:101:in `run_callbacks' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionpack-6.0.1/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/callbacks.rb:26:in `call' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionpack-6.0.1/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/actionable_exceptions.rb:17:in `call' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionpack-6.0.1/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/debug_exceptions.rb:32:in `call' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionpack-6.0.1/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/show_exceptions.rb:33:in `call' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/logster-2.4.2/lib/logster/middleware/reporter.rb:43:in `call' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.1/lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:38:in `call_app' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.1/lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:28:in `call' /var/www/discourse/config/initializers/100-quiet_logger.rb:18:in `call' /var/www/discourse/config/initializers/100-silence_logger.rb:31:in `call' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionpack-6.0.1/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/remote_ip.rb:81:in `call' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionpack-6.0.1/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/request_id.rb:27:in `call' /var/www/discourse/lib/middleware/enforce_hostname.rb:17:in `call' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/rack-2.0.7/lib/rack/method_override.rb:22:in `call' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionpack-6.0.1/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/executor.rb:14:in `call' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/rack-2.0.7/lib/rack/sendfile.rb:111:in `call' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/actionpack-6.0.1/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/host_authorization.rb:77:in `call' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/rack-mini-profiler-1.1.3/lib/mini_profiler/profiler.rb:296:in `call' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/message_bus-2.2.3/lib/message_bus/rack/middleware.rb:57:in `call' /var/www/discourse/lib/middleware/request_tracker.rb:181:in `call' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.1/lib/rails/engine.rb:526:in `call' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.1/lib/rails/railtie.rb:190:in `public_send' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/railties-6.0.1/lib/rails/railtie.rb:190:in `method_missing' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/rack-2.0.7/lib/rack/urlmap.rb:68:in `block in call' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/rack-2.0.7/lib/rack/urlmap.rb:53:in `each' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/rack-2.0.7/lib/rack/urlmap.rb:53:in `call' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/unicorn-5.5.1/lib/unicorn/http_server.rb:605:in `process_client' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/unicorn-5.5.1/lib/unicorn/http_server.rb:700:in `worker_loop' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/unicorn-5.5.1/lib/unicorn/http_server.rb:548:in `spawn_missing_workers' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/unicorn-5.5.1/lib/unicorn/http_server.rb:144:in `start' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/unicorn-5.5.1/bin/unicorn:128:in `' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/bin/unicorn:23:in `load' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/bin/unicorn:23:in `
' [2019-12-10 08:34:27] Trying to rollback... [2019-12-10 08:34:27] There was no need to rollback [2019-12-10 08:34:27] Cleaning stuff up... [2019-12-10 08:34:27] Dropping function from the discourse_functions schema [2019-12-10 08:34:27] Removing tmp '/var/www/discourse/tmp/restores/default/2019-12-10-083337' directory... [2019-12-10 08:34:42] Unpausing sidekiq... [2019-12-10 08:34:42] Marking restore as finished... [2019-12-10 08:34:42] Notifying '18401535466' of the end of the restore... [2019-12-10 08:34:52] Finished! ``` Is there anyone who can help？ tks！ --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-from-old-version-to-a-new-version-of-discourse-failed/135545)._