<p>I tried it and the answer is that indeed copying the directory does work, so it didn't need to reindex the whole thing.
There's also the same answer online that I found on github:
<a href="https://github.com/romanz/electrs/discussions/1010" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/romanz/electrs/discussions/1010</a></p>

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<p>I have electrs installed on an old Umbrel bitcoin node, and I want to copy it to new hardware (with Umbrel as well), instead of having electrs reindex the blockchain from scratch, which can take over a day to complete.</p>
<p>Do I just copy the electrs/data/ directory to the new node?</p>

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How do I copy the electrs index to a new node without it having to reindex?
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# How do I copy the electrs index to a new node without it having to reindex?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-06-14)

I have electrs installed on an old Umbrel bitcoin node, and I want to copy it to new hardware (with Umbrel as well), instead of having electrs reindex the blockchain from scratch, which can take over a day to complete.

Do I just copy the electrs/data/ directory to the new node?

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### Answer by username_0 on 2024-07-23. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

I tried it and the answer is that indeed copying the directory does work, so it didn't need to reindex the whole thing.
There's also the same answer online that I found on github:
<https://github.com/romanz/electrs/discussions/1010>


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