Duplicating Projects using kobo-transfer

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Hello everyone and Happy New Year for those using the Gregorian calendar.
I have two questions.

#1
I have installed a local instance of kobotoolbox. The next step is to duplicate the projects on kf.kobotoolbox.org to my kf.wash.lan.
I the following config.json:

{
  "src": {
    "kc_url": "https://kc.kobotoolbox.org",
    "kf_url": "https://kf.kobotoolbox.org",
    "token": "37e93777690e3c9561c6c9741XXXXXXXXXXX",
    "asset_uid": "MY_LOGIN_NAME"
  },
  "dest": {
    "kc_url": "http://kc.wash.lan",
    "kf_url": "http://kf.wash.lan",
    "token": "",
    "asset_uid": "MY_LOGIN_NAME"
  }
}

When I run the command:

(venv) root@ubuntu24:/opt/kobotoolbox/kobo-transfer# python3 run.py -c config.json --asset
🕵️ Validating config file
⚠️ Asset UID does not exist for `src`.

So, how do I get the correct asset_uid for kf.kobotoolbox.org?
Or perhaps there is just something obvious that I am missing?

#2 - In the same quest, I have followed the ODK Briefcase tutorial at:

I get the ODK Briefcase to pull the data. No problem there, The only thing I have done differently is that the URL does not have /myaccountname as that fails to pull anything.
At the destination server, I have the exact same login details as the ones for kf.kobotoolbox.org. When I push the data to the Destination server, no submission data shows up.
So, is the ODK Briefcase approach still expected to work or it’s obsolete?

Thanks for any insights.

2

@odhiambo, have you tried the kobo-transferer on one of our public servers to see if it works there?

3

I haven’t tried. What I am wondering though is why I am getting the error. How do I get the asset_uid when using the public servers?