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How do I migrate a Lemmy account? (lemmy.d.thewooskeys.com)
submitted 5 months ago by mike_wooskey@lemmy.d.thewooskeys.com to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
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I host my own Lemmy instance and have a user account on it that I use everywhere (I don't host local communities, I just use it as a home for my Lemmy user account). I needed to re-home my Lemmy server, and though it's a docker installation, copying the /var/lib/docker/volumes/lemmy_* directories to the new installation didn't work. So I created a new Lemmy server.

How can I move my old account to the new server, so I can keep all my subscriptions and post/comment history?

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[–] mike_wooskey@lemmy.d.thewooskeys.com 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the help, @pe1uca@lemmy.pe1uca.dev.

I do still have my old server (I'm posting this from it). The new Lemmy server is using a different domain.

[–] pe1uca@lemmy.pe1uca.dev 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ah, then no, the last thing I knew about it you can't migrate accounts from one server to another, which is what you're trying to do here.
As I mentioned if you were able to move the keys which identify your account it would be easy for someone to impersonate you.
Also, your public keys are shared among all the instances you've interacted, so this might break your interactions there.