How to migrate Bamboo from one server to the other

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Hello experts,

I'm currently in the process of migrating a bamboo instance from Server A to Server B. The details are:

• The running Bamboo instance (Server A) is connected to JIRA & Bitbucket
• Both servers run on the same Windows version
• The paths are slightly different (Server A: bamboo-home & installation on E-drive; Server B: bamboo-home and installation on D-drive)
• The database servers are both PostgreSQL 10

I found the following two articles but I still need a bit more clarification:

• https://confluence.atlassian.com/bamkb/how-to-upgrade-migrate-bamboo-720833273.html
• https://confluence.atlassian.com/bamboo/importing-data-from-backup-289277260.html

My questions basically are:

• Do I "just" need to migrate the database (using a database dump) and the bamboo-home? Or do I also need to change paths in the DB itself?
• Do I also need to export data using the administration on the old server (Server A) and import it to Server B or isn't this necessary?
• When I set up the new server, do I need to install it with the internal database before the migration or shall I directly start it with PostgreSQL?

I highly appreciate your help!

[Mirek · Accepted solution]

I suggest reading also those three documentation articles

https://confluence.atlassian.com/bamkb/moving-bamboo-between-machines-134873224.html

https://confluence.atlassian.com/bamboo/cloning-a-bamboo-instance-289277407.html

https://confluence.atlassian.com/bamboo/moving-your-bamboo-data-to-a-different-database-289277250.html

and you should get all of your answers :)