Migrating from confluence server version 5.8 to confluence cloud

[John Richard]

Hi ,

How should i migrate data from confluence server running in older version 5.8 to confluence cloud, I tried to upgrade 5.8 to later version unfortunately it was not successful I export ed spaces in xml files from confluence in server and imported in confluence cloud i got this messaage " We can't import your file because it's from an old server version. Please upgrade to Confluence server 5.10 or later, and then use the Cloud Migration Assistant for Confluence to migrate your spaces."

Confluence offer  Cloud Migration Assistant for Confluence but unfortunately it only works on version 5.10 to 6.12.

thanks,

John 

[Daniel Eads]

Hey John, welcome to the Community!

We can help you troubleshoot an upgrade to 5.10 - no need to go all the way up to the most recent version of Confluence since you're planning to do a Cloud migration.

Was there a particular error you ran across when attempting the upgrade already?

What operating system are you using? We have some generic upgrade guides but we can drill this down for you based on the operating system you're using.

Thanks,
Daniel | Atlassian Support

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

You need to do what the error says you should.  Upgrade the 5.8 to 5.10 or above, and then do the export