# \[HOW TO\] Migrate from Snap to Manual installed RocketChat

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**Category:** Community Guides\
**Created:** [September 27, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/how-to-migrate-from-snap-to-manual-installed-rocketchat/2126 "2018-09-27T13:57:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![optimistic5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bb73d2/32.png) [@optimistic5](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/optimistic5)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/how-to-migrate-from-snap-to-manual-installed-rocketchat/2126/1 "2018-09-27T13:57:28Z")

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**On your Ubuntu with RocketChat installed via Snap:**

- [Stop](https://rocket.chat/docs/installation/manual-installation/ubuntu/snaps/#how-do-i-backup-my-snap-data) your RC

> sudo service snap.rocketchat-server.rocketchat-server stop

- Make sure your mongo is still running

> sudo service snap.rocketchat-server.rocketchat-mongo status | grep Active  
> Active: active (running) (…)

- Make backup of your RC database

> sudo snap run rocketchat-server.backupdb

- Your should receive:

> [+] A backup of your data can be found at /var/snap/rocketchat-server/common/backups/rocketchat\_backup\_XXXX.tgz

- Go to folder with backup and send it to your CentOS via SSH

> scp backup.tgz user@CentOsIPaddress:/home/user

**On CentOs with manual installed RocketChat:**

- Stop RocketChat

> service rocketchat stop

- [Drop](https://www.tutorialkart.com/mongodb/mongodb-delete-database/) (delete) rocketchat database

> mongo  
> show dbs  
> use rocketchat  
> db.dropDatabase()

You should receive

> { “dropped” : “rocketchat”, “ok” : 1 }

- Untar your backup

> tar zxvf backup.tgz

- Restore backup

> mongorestore --db rocketchat var/snap/rocketchat-server/XXXX/dump/parties/

- Reboot your OS

> reboot

Check your RC, it should be fine 🙂

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**Author:** ![localguru](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/forums.rocket.chat/localguru/32/12_2.png) [@localguru](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/localguru)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/how-to-migrate-from-snap-to-manual-installed-rocketchat/2126/2 "2018-09-28T11:43:00Z")

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Nice, should better be posted in “Community Guides”.

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**Author:** ![aaron.ogle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/forums.rocket.chat/aaron.ogle/32/15_2.png) [@aaron.ogle](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/aaron.ogle)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/how-to-migrate-from-snap-to-manual-installed-rocketchat/2126/3 "2018-09-28T15:49:45Z")

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Thanks for sharing! This is great to have!

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**Author:** ![tutlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@tutlane](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/tutlane)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/how-to-migrate-from-snap-to-manual-installed-rocketchat/2126/4 "2020-06-15T06:51:09Z")

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Thanks for sharing. Useful Info.