2 min readAn original planning guide. Use the linked primary documentation for platform details and the supported procedure for your environment.
Map public behavior
List important pages and actions: contact forms, downloads, account access, checkout, search, and any language variants.
Find stored and changing data
Identify the database, uploads, generated files, order records, and integrations that write data. Note what can change during the move.
Record service boundaries
Capture where registration, DNS, email, and external services are managed. A hosting move does not necessarily require moving all of them.
Define acceptance evidence
Pair every critical journey with a verification step and an owner. Keep an explicit list of items that need reconciliation after cutover.
Worked scenario
See the plan in practice.
An image archive may live outside the main web folder, and a nightly import may run separately. Both belong in the inventory.
Review your result
Your acceptance checklist
Data locations recorded- Writers identified
- Acceptance checks assigned
Use these checks to identify gaps in your migration inventory with owners. Assign an owner to any unresolved item before the next dependent step.
The terms behind the task
- DatabaseAn organized collection of data managed so applications can store, query, and update information.
- Object storageA storage model that keeps data as objects with an identifier and metadata rather than a traditional mounted file hierarchy.
- DeploymentThe process of placing a chosen software or content version into an environment where it can run or be served.
Primary references
For the underlying concepts and current platform details:
