# Transfer Docker installed Discourse to new DigitalOcean droplet
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/transfer-docker-installed-discourse-to-new-digitalocean-droplet/25704
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** docker, hosting
**Created:** [2015 年2 月 25 日 21:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/transfer-docker-installed-discourse-to-new-digitalocean-droplet/25704 "2015-02-25T21:20:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@sckott](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sckott)
#### Post date: [2015 年2 月 25 日 21:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/transfer-docker-installed-discourse-to-new-digitalocean-droplet/25704/1 "2015-02-25T21:20:40Z")
I have a Discourse installation installed on DO via docker. What’s best practice for moving the installation to a new droplet? I’d assume just create an image from the droplet, kill the droplet, spin up new droplet from the saved image. Or is there a better way to do it?
My use case is: I want to have backups of my droplet, which means i need a new droplet as they can only be toggled on with new droplets, and not on existing droplets AFAIK. Also, I want to make sure I don’t lose any data acquired so far from the Discouse installation.
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [2015 年2 月 25 日 21:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/transfer-docker-installed-discourse-to-new-digitalocean-droplet/25704/2 "2015-02-25T21:27:15Z")
> [@sckott](#):
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> Or is there a better way to do it?
You could use our backup/restore feature but that would require you to rebuild a new discourse instance from scratch. If you can “transfer” the image from one droplet to another, it’ll be easier/faster 😉
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### Author:  [@sckott](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sckott)
#### Post date: [2015 年2 月 25 日 22:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/transfer-docker-installed-discourse-to-new-digitalocean-droplet/25704/3 "2015-02-25T22:18:23Z")
@zogstrip Thanks! Good to know about backup/restore feature.
I’ll go with image to new droplet then.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2015 年2 月 26 日 04:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/transfer-docker-installed-discourse-to-new-digitalocean-droplet/25704/4 "2015-02-26T04:07:12Z")
Yeah I would follow the Digital Ocean procedure for moving the droplet:
> **[How to Migrate Droplets Using DigitalOcean Snapshots | DigitalOcean...](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/images/snapshots/how-to/migrate-droplets/)**
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> Use snapshots to migrate a Droplet from one data center region to another.
Start by taking a snapshot, but be aware this can take a while, up to 30 minutes, as it has to copy all 30+ gb of data on the droplet around.
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### Author:  [@sckott](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sckott)
#### Post date: [2015 年2 月 26 日 15:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/transfer-docker-installed-discourse-to-new-digitalocean-droplet/25704/5 "2015-02-26T15:29:29Z")
Thanks for the help 😉
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### Author:  [@chi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chi)
#### Post date: [2018 年7 月 4 日 02:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/transfer-docker-installed-discourse-to-new-digitalocean-droplet/25704/6 "2018-07-04T02:53:10Z")
@sckott were you able to successful transfer the discourse installation to another installation using snapshots? I’m planning to do the same thing. Thanks 🙂
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### Author:  [@sckott](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sckott)
#### Post date: [2018 年7 月 5 日 19:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/transfer-docker-installed-discourse-to-new-digitalocean-droplet/25704/7 "2018-07-05T19:33:18Z")
I have not tried it yet. But I will try very soon. Will let you know
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### Author:  [@geoff777](https://meta.discourse.org/u/geoff777)
#### Post date: [2018 年7 月 5 日 19:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/transfer-docker-installed-discourse-to-new-digitalocean-droplet/25704/8 "2018-07-05T19:49:03Z")
I did this a lot when working on ‘fun’ projects once or twice a month.
Instead of paying for the full month.
Take a snapshot and destroy.
Then in a week or two or three … spin up a new droplet from the snapshot.
It works well.
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### Author:  [@chi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chi)
#### Post date: [2018 年7 月 18 日 15:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/transfer-docker-installed-discourse-to-new-digitalocean-droplet/25704/9 "2018-07-18T15:57:52Z")
Cool Thanks @geoff777
I’ll try it out then 🙂
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [2023 年4 月 27 日 02:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/transfer-docker-installed-discourse-to-new-digitalocean-droplet/25704/10 "2023-04-27T02:11:11Z")
2 篇帖子已拆分为新主题：[恢复快照实例](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restoring-a-snapshotted-instance/263019)
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [2023 年4 月 27 日 05:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/transfer-docker-installed-discourse-to-new-digitalocean-droplet/25704/11 "2023-04-27T05:07:50Z")