Hi all. Quick question: is it possible to migrate a Peertube account from one server to to another? Similar to what is possible on Mastodon? As in, you do not migrate your content, but you take your follows + followers along?
I don’t think that’s possible at this time.
Ah ok. Thanks!
Looking into this more it seems there’s an import and export, but not like a move like mastodon. Here’s from the page:
IMPORT
You can import an archive created by another PeerTube website.
This is an import tool and not a migration tool. It’s the reason why data (like channels or videos) is duplicated and not moved from your previous PeerTube website.
The import process will automatically:
Update your account metadata (display name, description, avatar...) Update your user settings (autoplay or P2P policy, notification settings...). It does not update your user email, username or password. Add accounts/servers in your mute list Add likes/dislikes Send a follow request to your subscriptions Create channels if they do not already exist Create playlists if they do not already exist Add watched videos in your video history If the archive contains video files, create videos if they do not already existThe following data objects are not imported:
Comments Followers (accounts will need to re-follow your channels)Select the archive file to import
EXPORT
You can request an archive of your account containing:
Your account settings with avatar file Your channels with banner and avatar files Your muted accounts and servers Your comments Your likes and dislikes Your subscriptions and followers Your video playlists with thumbnail files Your videos with thumbnail, caption files. Video files can also be included in the archive Your video historyThe exported data will contain multiple directories:
A directory containing an export in ActivityPub format, readable by any compliant software A directory containing an export in custom PeerTube JSON format that can be used to re-import your account on another PeerTube instance A directory containing static files (thumbnails, avatars, video files etc.)You can only request one archive at a time.


