matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/docs/importing-synapse-media-store.md
Slavi Pantaleev 6e1dfb62f0 Rename some doc files and commands related to importing
Since we'll likely have generic SQLite database importing
via [pgloader](https://pgloader.io/) for migrating bridge
databases from SQLite to Postgres, we'd rather avoid
calling the "import Synapse SQLite database" command
as just `--tags=import-sqlite-db`.

Similarly, for the media store, we'd like to mention that it's
related to Synapse as well.

We'd like to be more explicit, so as to be less confusing,
especially in light of other homeserver implementations
coming in the future.
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# Importing `media_store` data files from an existing Synapse installation (optional)
Run this if you'd like to import your `media_store` files from a previous installation of Synapse.
## Prerequisites
Before doing the actual data restore, **you need to upload your media store directory to the server** (any path is okay).
If you are [Storing Matrix media files on Amazon S3](configuring-playbook-s3.md) (optional), restoring with this tool is not possible right now.
As an alternative, you can perform a manual restore using the [AWS CLI tool](https://aws.amazon.com/cli/) (e.g. `aws s3 sync /path/to/server/media_store/. s3://name-of-bucket/`)
**Note for Mac users**: Due to case-sensitivity issues on certain Mac filesystems (HFS or HFS+), filename corruption may occur if you copy a `media_store` directory to your Mac. If you're transferring a `media_store` directory between 2 servers, make sure you do it directly (from server to server with a tool such as [rsync](https://rsync.samba.org/)), and not by downloading the files to your Mac.
## Importing
Run this command (make sure to replace `<server-path-to-media_store>` with a path on your server):
ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts setup.yml --extra-vars='server_path_media_store=<server-path-to-media_store>' --tags=import-synapse-media-store
**Note**: `<server-path-to-media_store>` must be a file path to a `media_store` directory on the server (not on your local machine!).