# Server transfer **URL:** \ **Category:** Kolibri\ **Created:** [January 29, 2021, 4:46am UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/server-transfer/1883 "2021-01-29T04:46:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anp](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.learningequality.org/anp/32/793_2.png) [@anp](https://community.learningequality.org/u/anp)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 4:46am UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/server-transfer/1883/1 "2021-01-29T04:46:16Z")
Looking for direction in best way to transfer from old server to new server, which will retain user accounts as well. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![jredrejo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.learningequality.org/jredrejo/32/561_2.png) [@jredrejo](https://community.learningequality.org/u/jredrejo)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 7:58am UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/server-transfer/1883/2 "2021-01-29T07:58:37Z")
Hello @anp , depending on your old and new server it can be an easy or a complex task. Can you provide more details: 1. OS you use 2. Database type you use (if you don’t know it , it’s sqlite, it’s the default unless you change it) Regards José ---
**Author:** ![anp](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.learningequality.org/anp/32/793_2.png) [@anp](https://community.learningequality.org/u/anp)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 1:26am UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/server-transfer/1883/3 "2021-02-07T01:26:19Z")
Thank you very much for your email. Sorry for delayed response; I only work on the weekends. We are transferring from a Windows Server 2016 Datacenter to a 2019 Datacenter. It’s the default database to the best of my knowledge. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![jredrejo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.learningequality.org/jredrejo/32/561_2.png) [@jredrejo](https://community.learningequality.org/u/jredrejo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/server-transfer/1883/4 "2021-02-08T16:13:50Z")
hi @anp I don’t have an access to windows 2000, but supossing it uses the same directories than Windows 7 or 10, if you are using the default setup. It will be easy. It basically consists of moving the kolibri home directory from one server to the other (with the precaution of stopping the kolibri process in both servers while copying the content). You can find steps on how to do it using an intermediate usb drive or using the network at [Provisioning many servers — Kolibri 0.14 documentation](https://kolibri.readthedocs.io/en/latest/install/provision.html?highlight=copy#copy-the-channels-to-other-server-devices) Regards José L. ---
**Author:** ![anp](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.learningequality.org/anp/32/793_2.png) [@anp](https://community.learningequality.org/u/anp)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 5:43am UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/server-transfer/1883/5 "2021-02-12T05:43:45Z")
Thanks. It doesn’t seem that there’s any documentation there for how to transfer the users at the old site; thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![jredrejo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.learningequality.org/jredrejo/32/561_2.png) [@jredrejo](https://community.learningequality.org/u/jredrejo)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 7:03am UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/server-transfer/1883/6 "2021-02-12T07:03:59Z")
hello @anp that documentation is to provision the whole server, transfering the `.kolibri` folder you copy everything: content, logs, lessons, etc. and users ---
**Author:** ![anp](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.learningequality.org/anp/32/793_2.png) [@anp](https://community.learningequality.org/u/anp)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 1:41am UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/server-transfer/1883/7 "2021-02-15T01:41:29Z")
Thank you very much!