Not mine, just cross-posting.

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      A one-click account transfer to a different instance would be great. However, there can be several “gotchas”, maybe the target instance has lower “permissions”, so that can lead to data loss. Eg: my instance doesn’t allow pictures more than 100 kb, some other instance doesn’t allow creation of communities. So this needs to be carefully throughout.

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        Seems the easiest solution to that would be to simply have a comparison view. The permissions are setup using some sort of sta.dardized method, yes? Config file, GUI, whatever. Certainly it wouldn’t be hard to simply grab and organize a list of perms from both instances and toss em up side by side. Could even add notes (i.e. if photo storage on Instance A > Instance B notify use “migrating to this instance may cause some larger photos to be removed from your account”).

        I’m not a professional programmer (sys admin, so mostly just automation) but there are certainly solutions to this.

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          If the instance is setup as a docker container, then it should be easy. The following should be transferred

          • docker-compose file
          • zipped up volume directory

          At the destination, the docker volume dirs should be unzipped and the new paths should be updated in the docker-compose file. I’m sure someone would have made a script for this by now.