How can I migrate my data from my previous provider?

Validated on 4 Oct 2022 • Last edited on 19 Oct 2022

You can migrate your data from another provider to DigitalOcean using the following tutorials.

If you are coming from another Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider, see our tutorial on how to migrate your data from AWS, Linode, or Rackspace.

If you are migrating a WordPress website from a shared web hosting provider (like SiteGround, GoDaddy, or HostGator), see our tutorial on how to migrate your WordPress site.

If you are coming from a shared web hosting provider but are using something other than WordPress, you can use the same guide, as many of the steps are the same. After setting up your Droplet with a server stack, take a backup of your data at your old provider, upload that data to your Droplet, and then update any configuration details, such as database credentials.

You can check to see if a Droplet’s migration has completed by checking its history.
You can transfer snapshots of Droplets to others by email address or by team.
Yes, you can serve multiple WordPress instances from a single Droplet.
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