Hostiger offers free one-click migrations from DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS Lightsail, GCP and Azure. This guide covers both automated and manual migration paths, with a rollback plan if anything goes wrong.
In the Hostiger client area, order a VPS with the same or higher specs (vCPU, RAM, disk) as your current server. Same region if possible to minimize latency change.
For DigitalOcean/Vultr/Linode/AWS Lightsail/GCP/Azure, use the Migrations section in the client area. Enter source-provider credentials (read-only API token is sufficient). Hostiger clones the image directly.
Take a snapshot on the source provider. Download it as a raw or qcow2 image. Upload to Hostiger via the client-area Custom ISO section (Pro plan or higher required for custom uploads).
Attach the uploaded image as the primary disk on the destination VPS and reboot. The VPS will boot with the source system intact — SSH keys, users, apps, configs preserved.
Once the destination VPS is healthy, update your DNS A/AAAA records to point at the new Hostiger IPv4/IPv6. Reduce TTL to 300 seconds a few hours before the switch to minimize downtime.
Keep the source VPS running for 24-48 hours while DNS propagates. Monitor traffic on both. Once you confirm all users are hitting Hostiger, cancel the source subscription.
In the destination VPS control panel, enable daily snapshots (20% of plan price). Take an immediate manual snapshot post-migration as a rollback point.
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