Steps to migrate from Digital Ocean to OVH

[rhotimee]

I am new to discourse and its hosting. I want to migrate my discourse forum from digital ocean to ovh.
i need the steps in which this can be done.

[jomaxro (Joshua Rosenfeld)]

Basic steps:

1. Take a backup
2. Install new discourse droplet on OVH.
3. Enable restoration in settings.
4. Upload and restore backup.

[codinghorror (Jeff Atwood)]

Follow the #howto topics on backup and restore.

[steko (Stefano Costa)]

It is also useful to check your DNS settings and make sure you have a short TTL for the domain the day before you perform the migration, so that you can have a smooth transition from old to new server.