# Self Hosted, AWS Lightsail and Ubuntu **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-hosted-aws-lightsail-and-ubuntu/402512 **Category:** Self-hosting **Tags:** install **Created:** [May 8, 2026, 7:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-hosted-aws-lightsail-and-ubuntu/402512 "2026-05-08T19:51:06Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 4
### Author: ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly) #### Post date: [May 9, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-hosted-aws-lightsail-and-ubuntu/402512/4 "2026-05-09T21:41:57Z")
i just did a (standard docker install) forum migration yesterday from one ubuntu 24.04 LTS server to another located on the other side of the planet, and using exactly the steps Falco suggested. i also switched transactional email services at the same time. i think uploading the backup to the new site was what took the longest. the migration itself was relatively easy - just restore to the new forum. i set the DNS TTL to 5 minutes on my name server, and as soon as the domain was verified i did the switch over to the new host server i had already setup. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-hosted-aws-lightsail-and-ubuntu/402512)._