Hi, I’m exploring the option of migrating my server over from Linode. It’s running LEMP with Ubuntu, and I have things like csf/lfd, logwatch, and phpmyadmin installed. How do I go about migrating everything over as painlessly as possible?
Thanks!
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Hello
When talking about migrations, before you start migrating your websites you’ll need to configure everything else.
General We have a series of tutorials that cover the process of migrating from one Linux server to another which you can check here:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorial_series/how-to-migrate-to-a-new-linux-server
In general, depending on your site/application you will need to spin up a droplet that matches your current hosting provider environment or at least is suitable for your app/site needs (e.g running the same PHP version). Then you need to migrate your data (files, users, database and etc).
LAMP/LEMP setup
You can follow this tutorial for a LEMP setup: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-nginx-mysql-php-lemp-stack-on-ubuntu-22-04
You can follow this tutorial for a LAMP setup: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-apache-mysql-php-lamp-stack-on-ubuntu-22-04
CMS(WordPress)
Additionally, if you are using WordPress as a CMS, you can use the WP All in One plugin or Duplicator to migrate all of your WordPress websites.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-migration/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/
Direct Transfer
If you have to move some of the data manually you can do that via ssh using scp or rsync. Another option is to use an FTP client like FileZilla
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-copy-files-with-rsync-over-ssh
https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/transfer-files/
MarketPlace
Lastly, you can check the Marketplace
https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/
For any preprepared Droplets that might be of help for you
Hope this helps!
thanks that looks very helpful
Try this one :) <br> <br>https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/migrate-your-current-vps-linode-rackspace-aws-ec2-to-digitalocean