Move existing nextcloud server to new vps

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Hi all!
Would it be possible to move an existing server to a new VPS? Which steps is involved?
I use it for having videos on and then stream them when I want to watch but the old one seems to be to slow or have too litle upload capacity.

Regards

Anders

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Hi, unfortunately, there have been no answers to your question here. Have you found a solution elsewhere? I’m facing the same issue, and it would greatly help me if you could kindly provide some tips on where I could inquire about this.
:slightly_smiling_face:Thank you very much.

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Hey,

to migrate NextCloud to a new server I would do the following:

  • update your old NextCloud instance to the latest version
  • install a fresh NextCloud on the new server (latest version: 28.0.1)
  • install all modules, Apps like your old environment
  • test the new fresh installation
  • if all works fine, you can start the migration:
  1. copy the old database to your new server
  2. copy all data from the old file system to the new one
  3. check your config file in config/config.php and correct the database login data
  4. check in your config file the path of your data folder. If you have a new path, you should change the value in your config file and database in the table oc_storages (search for a local: entry).
  5. check the web interface from nextcloud and test the login
  6. do a occ files:cleanup and files:rescann --all to check your files consistency
  7. see your admin page which errors appear and fix them

These are the things that I would spontaneously pay attention to. This is how NextCloud should actually work.

I hope I could help you with it :slight_smile:

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There is also a section on this in the official documentation: Migrating to a different server — Nextcloud latest Administration Manual latest documentation