AWS MGN, Azure Migrate, GCP Migrate for Compute Engine and friends, compared.
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RSS →Migrating a WordPress site from SiteGround to a self-hosted VM involved FTP and SSH transfers, MySQL dump and import, DNS updates, and Let’s Encrypt setup. This post details how I automated each step - verifying file integrity, syncing databases, cleaning SiteGround plugins, and securing the new server for full WordPress functionality on my own infrastructure.
It's been more than 5 years since I have been testing and comparing 1st party migration tools. I have seen these tools getting better over the years, with major improvements by acquisitions, end-of-life products, continuous changes, and improvements not just to the tools but the methodology around, well-architected, CAF, the concept of the landing zone, 5Rs became 7Rs. In this article, I am sharing my experiences with the most commonly used cloud migration tools.