# General **URL:** https://aleph.discourse.group/c/general/4.md [Latest](https://aleph.discourse.group/latest.md) · [Categories](https://aleph.discourse.group/categories.md) · [Tags](https://aleph.discourse.group/tags.md) --- ## [Welcome to Aleph! 👋](https://aleph.discourse.group/t/welcome-to-aleph/5)
**Author:** [@system](https://aleph.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 7:21am UTC](https://aleph.discourse.group/t/welcome-to-aleph/5 "2023-06-30T07:21:11Z")
We are so glad you joined us. Aleph A place for developers, deployers, and users of the OCCRP Aleph platform Here are some things you can do to get started: :speaking\_head: Introduce yourself by adding your picture … --- ## [About the General category](https://aleph.discourse.group/t/about-the-general-category/3)
**Author:** [@system](https://aleph.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0
--- ## [Final Free Investigative Training Day of 2025 – Apply Now!](https://aleph.discourse.group/t/final-free-investigative-training-day-of-2025-apply-now/308)
**Author:** [@ezana.ceman](https://aleph.discourse.group/u/ezana.ceman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://aleph.discourse.group/t/final-free-investigative-training-day-of-2025-apply-now/308 "2025-08-26T17:35:11Z")
OCCRP, Transcrime, and partners from the Next-IJ consortium are hosting the final free online investigative training day of the year on Saturday, 20 September 2025 (09:15–17:00 CEST). Apply here: Registration Form Dead… --- ## [RFC: FollowTheMoney Data Lake Specification](https://aleph.discourse.group/t/rfc-followthemoney-data-lake-specification/276)
**Author:** [@simon](https://aleph.discourse.group/u/simon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://aleph.discourse.group/t/rfc-followthemoney-data-lake-specification/276 "2025-06-09T13:29:43Z")
Hey all :waving\_hand: Over the last years, @pudo and me were having a lot of discussions about a shared dream: Having a standardized and complete specification for FollowTheMoney-based datasets, including document stora… --- ## [Connecting locally hosted Aleph to a local LLM](https://aleph.discourse.group/t/connecting-locally-hosted-aleph-to-a-local-llm/267)
**Author:** [@fluffheady](https://aleph.discourse.group/u/fluffheady)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://aleph.discourse.group/t/connecting-locally-hosted-aleph-to-a-local-llm/267 "2025-05-26T13:47:37Z")
Hi there – I’m hosting Aleph locally and love it, but was wondering whether there would be an easy way to feed it into a LLM like mistral-7B that’s also hosted locally on my machine? I’m not a developer, so this is defin… --- ## [Free Investigative Journalism Trainings – Applications Open](https://aleph.discourse.group/t/free-investigative-journalism-trainings-applications-open/263)
**Author:** [@mnightingale](https://aleph.discourse.group/u/mnightingale)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2025, 10:22am UTC](https://aleph.discourse.group/t/free-investigative-journalism-trainings-applications-open/263 "2025-05-09T10:22:13Z")
Free Investigative Journalism Trainings – Please Share Widely Hi all, Applications are now open for a limited round of free, certified online trainings in investigative journalism, running this summer. The programme is… --- ## [Names and such....](https://aleph.discourse.group/t/names-and-such/227)
**Author:** [@pudo](https://aleph.discourse.group/u/pudo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://aleph.discourse.group/t/names-and-such/227 "2025-04-04T15:00:55Z")
Of course, I wholly respect OCCRP’s right to move on from the open source community and to work to build journalists trust around a new, proprietary platform. I very much want the journalists in OCCRP’s network to have … --- ## [Upgrade from 3.19 to 4.x failed.](https://aleph.discourse.group/t/upgrade-from-3-19-to-4-x-failed/135)
**Author:** [@dev23](https://aleph.discourse.group/u/dev23)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://aleph.discourse.group/t/upgrade-from-3-19-to-4-x-failed/135 "2024-12-17T13:51:56Z")
I outlined my difficulties with making a copy of aleph to try the upgrade on in the previous post. Having got it working, I thought it might be as simple as replacing my existing docker-compose.yaml with the new one from… --- ## [Backup and Restore](https://aleph.discourse.group/t/backup-and-restore/134)
**Author:** [@dev23](https://aleph.discourse.group/u/dev23)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 7:49am UTC](https://aleph.discourse.group/t/backup-and-restore/134 "2024-12-17T07:49:03Z")
Just had a bit of a struggle doing a backup and test restore onto a new server (so I could try the upgrade to 4.0). The internet is full of people suggesting quick one-liners to backup docker containers yet none of them …