Migration from Invision 4.7.22 Cloud, not self-hosted

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I've used Invision cloud hosting for over 15 years, and their shutdown of the legacy packages on October 1 means my monthly costs would more than triple. Just not viable for a relatively small community.

I understand that there is a migration tool from Invision 4.x to Xenforo, but most discussions appear to be regarding migrations from self-hosted instances of Invision, not cloud hosted. Presumably there are limitations on what I can access "under the hood" vs. a self-hosted Invision instance.

Will the migration tool work coming from a cloud-hosted instance of Invision?

Since I cannot try the migration tool with the Xenforo demo, I don't want to purchase a Xenforo license only to then discover that it only works with self-hosted Invision instances.

Thank you.

 

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I understand that there is a migration tool from Invision 4.x to Xenforo, but most discussions appear to be regarding migrations from self-hosted instances of Invision, not cloud hosted. Presumably there are limitations on what I can access "under the hood" vs. a self-hosted Invision instance.

As I understand it, you can request Invision to export all of your site data, minus the application files, which you don't need to import to XF.
Once you have the data, you can have it imported to XF. If you are going to use the cloud service offered by XF, then you'd need to get in touch with them to make the arrangements. Otherwise, you can do it yourself or pay for assistance with someone who's experienced in doing it. (Example)

 

[AjayJunkies]

I've used Invision cloud hosting for over 15 years, and their shutdown of the legacy packages on October 1 means my monthly costs would more than triple. Just not viable for a relatively small community.

I understand that there is a migration tool from Invision 4.x to Xenforo, but most discussions appear to be regarding migrations from self-hosted instances of Invision, not cloud hosted. Presumably there are limitations on what I can access "under the hood" vs. a self-hosted Invision instance.

Will the migration tool work coming from a cloud-hosted instance of Invision?

Since I cannot try the migration tool with the Xenforo demo, I don't want to purchase a Xenforo license only to then discover that it only works with self-hosted Invision instances.

Thank you.

There should be no difference between the data files or Invision self hosted or Invision cloud. You would ask for an export of your database and files.

The only thing you may want to think about is extending your cloud by one month just in case you need more time to test the import to XF.