Discourse to Xenforo Migration

[ritesh]

Hello,

I want to migrate my existing Discourse community to Xenforo, but I am not sure how to do it. This is the only fact that's keeping me from purchasing a Xenforo license.

Is there a way?

Thank you

 

[BassMan]

Hello,

I haven't tried but it was just released:

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[ritesh]

I will take a look. Thanks

 

[Chris D]

Good timing 🙂

 

[masmo]

HI all, before purchasing a license I would like to be sure that I can convert the forum.
This is the first discussion I find with Google and therefore I write here


I don't understand how to use the importer... I only found this screenshot, no other documentation.

Discourse runs on a docker container, how can I reach the PostgreSQL server?
Do I need to install Xenforo inside the Discourse container?

Is it possible to have a demo version of the importer so I can see if it works correctly?

Thanks

 

[Brogan]

Is it possible to have a demo version of the importer so I can see if it works correctly?

You would need the core software and the importer add-on.

Those are only available by purchasing a license.

 

[masmo]

OK so it's better to wait for a confirmation from someone who has already used it.

 

[Chris D]

HI all, before purchasing a license I would like to be sure that I can convert the forum.
This is the first discussion I find with Google and therefore I write here


I don't understand how to use the importer... I only found this screenshot, no other documentation.
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Discourse runs on a docker container, how can I reach the PostgreSQL server?
Do I need to install Xenforo inside the Discourse container?

Is it possible to have a demo version of the importer so I can see if it works correctly?

Thanks

It’s just a database and a bunch of files. You could connect to the database directly if configured to accept remote connections. You could mount the disk as an NFS share or similar.

Some of that may be somewhat complex to set up so the easiest thing to do could be to dump the database and copy it to the machine you’re importing to and similarly grab a copy of the files.

 

[masmo]

the easiest thing to do could be to dump the database and copy it to the machine you’re importing to and similarly grab a copy of the files.

Apparently it's not that simple...
I always get the error:

The directory discourse does not contain the expected contents.

Probably the importer wants files inside the discourse app, do I have to copy all the files that are here (./launcher enter app)?
Now I tried with files contained in /var/discourse

Thanks

 

[Brogan]

Apparently it's not that simple...
I always get the error:

The directory discourse does not contain the expected contents.

Probably the importer wants files inside the discourse app, do I have to copy all the files that are here (./launcher enter app)?
Now I tried with files contained in /var/discourse

Thanks

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