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Export any reports you want to keep.
# Rolling over for a new conference
Take a database dump:
This website collects a limited amount of personally identifiable information for the purposes of organizing a conference. In the interests of security, we've chosen to reset the site for each conference to limit the amount of information that could potentially ever be exposed in the event of a vulnerability.
## Step 1: Take a snapshot of the public conference site
Method described here:
https://f.sfconservancy.org/Conservancy/2024.fossy.us/src/branch/main/README.md
## Step 2: Download any reports for archive use
This might include the attendees, talks proposed and speakers.
## Step 3: Take a database backup
This is useful in case we miss something. Run:
fab download-postgres-db
Remove all accounts, tickets, invoices, talks, etc. I used the commands below, but this may be simpler to achieve by selecting the relevant users in the Django Admin, selecting "Delete" and letting the cascading deletes deal with it.
## Step 4: Delete any uploaded files/reports
On the server, run:
rm -rf /srv/symposion_app/site_media/*
## Step 4: Reset the database
Remove all accounts, tickets, invoices, talks, etc.
Probably the easiest approach is to select and delete all non-staff "User" records via Django Admin and letting the cascading deletes handle any relationships.
I've previously also used the commands below:
```
$ sudo -u postgres psql symposion