CODEWITHSUNDEEP
firebasegoogle-cloud-firestore
Shahzad Akram
Shahzad Akram

Reputation: 5254

Firestore import data from another project from a different location

Currently, I am using location US and I wanna move to location asia-south1 as there's a huge pricing difference in both locations and later one is also near to me. I wasn't aware of this when I created my project.

I know that it's not possible to change the region once it's set. I found that I need to create a new project and move data there, I exported my data as per documentation. But now I am trying to import data into my new project and I am facing this issue.

ERROR: (gcloud.firestore.import) INVALID_ARGUMENT: Bucket xxxxxxx-xx.appspot.com is in location US. This project can only operate on buckets spanning location asia-south1 or Asia.

What I understood is that I can't import data from another location. and it seems I am locked in the current location. If it's so any solution for this? As it's not possible for me to create everything from zero again.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2210

Answers (1)

ddworks
ddworks

Reputation: 154

It is correct that you cannot import data from another location. Since the location of your bucket and your destination project need to be the same to properly import, you could create a new bucket with the correct location and copy the data from your older bucket.

Then, you could follow the steps for transferring the data to your destination project's own Firestore database. You were halfway through the process until you got blocked by the location restriction.

Upvotes: 3

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