Account Migration
Migrate your file system to get the latest features
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Migrate your file system to get the latest features
Last updated
Fission will occasionally change how your file system is stored to enable new features, improve performance, and improve security. Some of these changes require a file system migration.
Because Fission has no control over your file system, we cannot migrate your file system for you. To help you with migrations, we've developed a command-line tool that upgrades your file system to the latest version.
If your file system is outdated, you will see a message like this in the Auth Lobby (https://auth.fission.codes):
If you decide that your username and data are not worth keeping, go to https://auth.fission.codes and click the text "remove this device" on the bottom of the page. Keep in mind that you will not be able to access data associated with the account afterward.
After removing a device, you will be able to create a new account. New accounts are always created at the latest file system version.
Multiple devices. If you have signed in on multiple devices, remove each device and link them again after you have created a new account.
At the moment, running a migration requires familiarity working with the command line on your machine.
The Webnative File System (WNFS) migration tool will use your linked credentials when migrating your file system.
wnfs-migrationYou can now install the migration CLI tool with npm:
npm install --global wnfs-migration
wnfs-migrationMake sure the output of npm bin is on your PATH. If it is not, you can prepend your command with the path returned from npm bin, for example: $ /home/me/node_modules/bin/wnfs-migration
At this point, wnfs-migration has migrated a local copy of your WNFS. It will then ask you to confirm that you want to overwrite the synced version of your file system on the Fission servers.
Enter Y to confirm or n to decline and abort the migration process. If you confirm, wnfs-migration will sync your migrated file system:
