Install Discourse Beta

[alkomy]

Hello,
Is it possible to switch to Beta version?
the current version is 2.5, but I want to update to 2.6 Beta, so I will be able to migrate my discussion board from Digital Ocean to cloudron.

[robi]

@alkomy no, but you may want to stop the upgrades on DO and wait for Cloudron to match.

[girish]

@alkomy Per https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-version-2-6/151394, it will be released Nov 30. So, just hold on for two weeks and we will have the cloudron package available after they release it.

[alkomy]

@girish Great.

I updated the DO version app.yml to stable version, (Downgraded), then backed up.
When I tried to restore to cloudron fresh installation it failed. (attached)
even both are 2.5.4 now.

What I will do is:

• wait for stable version 2.6. update DO app (the live version of our discussion board).
• Install a test version on cloudron (2.6 stable after you update the image).
  then will see what will happen.!

[girish]

@alkomy 2.6 package is out now.

[alkomy]

@girish
Yeah..
I will move from 2.6.0beat7 to 2.6.0 stable ->> backup
Then will restore that backup into cloudron image.
Will try it today & give you feedback.

[alkomy]

@girish

Restore completed.

I changed the version to "stable", so there were no downgrade (2.6.0beta7 ->>2.6.0).
rest is simple, (here is steps for anyone who want to migrate)

• just install discourse on cloudron,
• set a demo subdomain to avoid (down time),
• upload backup file, start restoring process.
• once restore completed u will logout, signin again with your admin account (The one you use on migrated).
• go to cloudron dashboard & change to to the real domain. update it from domain register if you use manual domain.
• be sure in discourse dashboard that the notification email domain is OK.
• it will take around 1 minute with almost zero down time.
• to be sure everything is OK, shut down the old server/vps.