tomspark wrote:
Good news first — that message is misleading. "Your current install was not modified" just means the restore didn't complete but left your new box untouched, so nothing's broken; it's not actually a version thing. The usual snag when moving to a new machine: SparkBox backups are encrypted with a key that's unique to the box that made them, so a brand-new install doesn't have that key to unlock the file. The dashboard hides the real reason behind that generic error — to see it, run the restore from the terminal instead: sudo sparkbox restore /path/to/your-backup.tar.gz.enc That'll print the actual failure. If it's about decrypting or a missing key, the fix is to copy the SBSESSIONSECRET line from your OLD box's /opt/sparkbox/.env onto the new box's .env, then restore. Paste me what the terminal says and we'll finish it off.