# Upgrading very old Discourse Get Ruby error

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-very-old-discourse-get-ruby-error/295387>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [February 14, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-very-old-discourse-get-ruby-error/295387 "2024-02-14T20:15:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-very-old-discourse-get-ruby-error/295387/8 "2024-02-14T21:16:58Z")

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I’d `rsync` the old `/var/discourse` to the new server. Or maybe just `containers` and `shared`.

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