Migrating Data

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In the case that data needs to be migrated from one database installation to another, the following procedure can be used to export data, initialize the new database, and re-import the data.

Export Data

python3 manage.py dumpdata --exclude contenttypes --exclude auth.permission --indent 2 > data.json

This will export all data (including user information) to a json data file.

Initialize Database

Configure the new database using the normal processes (see Getting Started):

python3 manage.py makemigrations

python3 manage.py migrate --run-syncdb

Import Data

The new database should now be correctly initialized with the correct table structures requried to import the data.

python3 manage.py loaddata data.json

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Migrating Data

Export Data

Initialize Database

Import Data

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