Running the Boring Database Migration Manually

Boring Database Migration – Manual Fix

If you are having issues with Boring Toolbox and are seeing database-related errors in the “Boring API” log located at:

C:\ProgramData\The Boring Lab\Boring API\logs

You may need to run the Boring database migration again.

🔧 Steps

1. Log in as the service account used by Milestone or as a user with db_owner rights on the Boring database

   • You can either:

     • Log in to Windows using the service account

     • Or hold Shift + Right-click PowerShell and select "Run as different user"

2. Open PowerShell and run the following commands:

   cd "C:\Program Files\The Boring Lab\Boring Migration\"
   .\BoringLab.Data.Migrations.exe

   📸 See screenshot below:
   

    

3. Recycle the BoringLabService AppPool in IIS

   • Open IIS Manager

   • Go to Application Pools

   • Right-click on BoringLabService AppPool and select Recycle

4. In your Browser, launch the Boring Toolbox Web UI
   Navigate to:

   http://<your-server-address>/BoringToolbox