# Upgrading installation from 2016
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-installation-from-2016/152972
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 27, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-installation-from-2016/152972 "2020-05-27T15:02:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@davidtinker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidtinker)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-installation-from-2016/152972/1 "2020-05-27T15:02:21Z")
We have a Discourse installation built from sources in 2016 and we need to move it to a different machine. Is an upgrade to modern Discourse running in docker possible? If it isn’t I am going to try get that version working but am running into assorted problems.
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### Author:  [@Johani](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Johani)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-installation-from-2016/152972/2 "2020-05-27T15:13:45Z")
Hey David, welcome to Meta 👋
What version is the old installation running on?
If it’s a very old version, then I would recommend taking a backup, creating a new staging server following the [official guide](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md), and then restoring the backup there. If everything works as expected, then you’re all set and you can create a new production server following the same guide and then restore the backup there.
If not, please feel free to post any issues you encounter and we’ll try to help 👍
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### Author:  [@davidtinker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidtinker)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-installation-from-2016/152972/3 "2020-05-27T15:17:25Z")
Thanks. It’s whatever was on master when it was installed. I will try your suggestion.
```plaintext
# git log
commit 65e808b26d6195b8dcc75d9c51e19b09a01891a6
Author: Sam
Date: Tue Jan 12 15:49:05 2016 +1100
FEATURE: go to inbox after archiving a message
```
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### Author:  [@davidtinker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidtinker)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-installation-from-2016/152972/4 "2020-05-28T15:29:00Z")
Wow that actually worked! Nice work guys! Will try to keep the new installation a bit more up-to-date 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-installation-from-2016/152972/5 "2020-06-27T15:42:07Z")
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