Cloning

Cloning prepares a target instance (staging) from an admin-provided dump. Knot Migration never writes to the source instance.

Requirements

• Usable license covering cloning
• SQL dump or MariaDB/MySQL-compatible archive
• Enough disk on the target instance
• knotmigration.clone capability

Wizard phases

1. Chunked upload and format validation
2. Dry-run: simulation without destructive changes
3. Execution with step-by-step logging
4. Post-clone consistency report

Dual-instance licensing

Some tiers allow a temporary target instance (48 h grace). See Licensing.

Troubleshooting

Cloning issues Common errors and KM_* codes.