How do I find out which region server I chose initially and then change that region if necessary?
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Hey @jackgaston,
If you want to migrate your Droplet to another datacenter region, you need to create a snapshot of your Droplet and then create a new Droplet from the snapshot in the new datacenter region. Snapshots are complete copies of your Droplet’s hard disk that are saved as a disk image that you can create additional Droplets from. Snapshots only contain the data that resides on the disk at the time the snapshot was taken.
Once that is done, you can give the following a read on how to migrate everything over:
https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/images/snapshots/how-to/migrate-droplets/
As for how to check in which region you are, go to your profile --> Select the Droplet (more settings) —> right next to the name of the droplet you’ll see the RAM, HDD it has, and in which region it is.
Hello @jackgaston
If you want to migrate your Droplet to another datacenter region, you need to create a snapshot of your Droplet and then create a new Droplet from the snapshot in the new datacenter region. Snapshots are complete copies of your Droplet’s hard disk that are saved as a disk image so you can create additional Droplets. Snapshots only contain the data that resides on the disk at the time the snapshot was taken.
To do migrate a Droplet using a snapshot, see How to Migrate Droplets Using DigitalOcean Snapshots.
Note: You need to make sure that the droplet type is available in the selected region. Some droplet specs might not be available for deployment.
https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/how-do-i-migrate-my-droplet-to-another-datacenter-region/
Hope that this helps!
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