# How to migrate Nexus from one server to another one

**URL:** <https://community.sonatype.com/t/how-to-migrate-nexus-from-one-server-to-another-one/11691>\
**Category:** Sonatype Nexus Repository\
**Tags:** help\
**Created:** [December 1, 2023, 10:19am UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/how-to-migrate-nexus-from-one-server-to-another-one/11691 "2023-12-01T10:19:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![omeimahamdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed8c4c/32.png) [@omeimahamdi](https://community.sonatype.com/u/omeimahamdi)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 10:19am UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/how-to-migrate-nexus-from-one-server-to-another-one/11691/1 "2023-12-01T10:19:49Z")

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Hello everyone,  
I want to migrate Nexus (Server: Nexus/3.55.0-01 (OSS)) from one machine to another without losing any existing data.

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**Author:** ![mpiggott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@mpiggott](https://community.sonatype.com/u/mpiggott)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/how-to-migrate-nexus-from-one-server-to-another-one/11691/2 "2023-12-04T15:41:58Z")

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The important directory is typically `sonatype-work`. In simple installations blobs are stored under `sonatype-work/nexus3/blobs` but this is something you’d need to know about your own installation.