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Eleni Cojocariu 3.1 1 To move an existing XWiki instance to a different server and [[upgrade>>doc:documentation.xs.admin.upgrade.WebHome]] it, run the two operations one after the other rather than together:
Eleni Cojocariu 1.1 2
Eleni Cojocariu 2.1 3 1. Install on the new server the same XWiki version as the one running on the old server.
Eleni Cojocariu 4.1 4 1. Move the database and the [[permanent data>>doc:documentation.xs.admin.backup.backup-instance.WebHome]] to the new server.
Eleni Cojocariu 1.1 5 1. Start the instance on the new server.
Eleni Cojocariu 2.1 6 1. Check that the content and the features work as they did on the old server.
Eleni Cojocariu 3.1 7 1. Upgrade the instance, both [[the distribution>>doc:documentation.xs.admin.upgrade.distribution.WebHome]] and [[the flavor>>doc:documentation.xs.admin.upgrade.flavor.WebHome]].
8 1. Check that the wiki reports the new version at the bottom of any page.(((
9 {{image reference="xwiki-version-footer.png" size="large" alt="The version reported at the bottom of a wiki page."/}}
10 )))

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