SOLVED # after more extensive googling I found a solution myself. I hope this helps someone else....
ORIGINAL SERVER - cd to your web project directory - python manage.py dumpdata > db.json - python manage.py migrate - python manage.py shell -- >> from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType -- >> ContentType.objects.all().delete() -- >> quit() NEW SERVER - sftp db.json file to new server web project directory - python manage.py loaddata db.json On Monday, May 4, 2020 at 4:53:29 PM UTC-5, marc bellazzini wrote: > > Hello, > > I have Django 2.x running on an old Ubuntu server with a MySQL database. I > have installed a new Ubuntu 20.04 server on another machine with Django 3.x > and MySQL. I would like to backup the old Django/mysql database and restore > it on the new server. What is the best practice for doing this? > > Thanks > > Marc > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/fad24ded-8316-4f71-9a30-7cb10907f956%40googlegroups.com.
