How do you migrate data from one OSQA site to another?

I'm planning to move my current installation of OSQA to EC2 (see my comments on this question). I think the easiest way to do it is to bring up a fresh new OSQA installation, and then migrate my existing data. How would the migration process go? Is there a guide on how to do this?

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asked 18 Dec '10, 08:36

ripper234 ♦
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I would go to "Administration -> Tools -> XML data export" and save a dump on the original server. Then, on the new server, use "Administration -> Tools -> XML data import" to load the dump. That should take care of it.

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answered 18 Dec '10, 08:42

rickross ♦♦
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Excellent, that sounds super simple!

Now I'm just waiting for that EC2 image...

(18 Dec '10, 09:25) ripper234 ♦

Is the XML data exporter missing from the OSQA admin menus? I was able to find it in the django style admin menu, but not in OSQA.

(24 Dec '10, 12:21) ripper234 ♦

XML data import is missing from both django and std. menus in version 1179. Has it been updated?

(06 Oct '11, 15:08) fossum

This tool is not available on fantasy island beta 3 - how can we export data on that release?

(26 Mar, 15:05) poblano

I can't comment, but there is no XML data import in either the standard or django style admin menus... besides that, the XML data exporter doesn't seem to be doing anything in build SVN-1179...

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answered 06 Oct '11, 00:50

fossum
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I have a bunch of XML files I need to load and I Still can't find out how to do it. It seems that this functionality has been broken for some years. It's really strange. ANd no recomendations or plans to fix the thing that I can google up either.

(06 Oct '11, 14:22) Bill

I have done some digging into the forum_modules/exporter/ directory and found the python functions to export, but no main body. So does that mean the function is called from somewhere else and that the compress function is exported in the @export at the bottom?

PS - locations and names maybe wrong my server is inaccessable from here and sorry if I come off as as web / python newb... because I am

(06 Oct '11, 15:06) fossum

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