Migrate from another hosting provider
Free migration assistance available — or DIY with rsync, snapshot import, or rsync-over-SSH.
Most VPS migrations are straightforward: snapshot the source, transfer the data, replicate the config. SilentHosts offers free migration assistance on all VPS / RDP / dedicated plans — open a ticket and we handle the lift.
DIY method 1: rsync from old → new
Provision a new VPS on SilentHosts with the same OS as your old one. From the new VPS:
rsync -avz --exclude='/dev' --exclude='/proc' --exclude='/sys' \
--exclude='/tmp' --exclude='/run' \
-e 'ssh -i ~/.ssh/old-server-key' \
user@old-server:/ /Reboot. Re-apply any service-manager config (systemd) that's host-specific.
DIY method 2: snapshot import
If your old host supports raw disk-image export: download the .qcow2 or .raw image, then upload it to /client/services/{id} → Custom Image. The hypervisor boots your existing image directly. IPs change; everything else carries over.
Free assistance: open a ticket
From /client/tickets/new, pick category 'technical' and explain what you're migrating from. We do the actual transfer for you — typical turnaround is 2–8 hours depending on the dataset size and the source host's bandwidth.
DNS cutover
Update your DNS A and AAAA records to the new VPS IPs once the transfer is verified. Drop the TTL to 60 seconds 24 hours BEFORE the cutover so resolvers refresh quickly. Verify with dig that the new IP is being returned, then bump TTL back up to 3600.
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