Using latest Ghost install on Pikapods at https://barnabynagy.com I want to migrate my installation to Railways.app Is it just exporting from the labs and then importing or is there a better way? Will this export and import include images for the posts too or only text? Includes members?
that export doesn’t include images or members. There’s a members export separately, in the members page of the admin panel.
If you have shell access on both hosts, you can move the entire content/images folder from one host to another.
That’s not good news… So I have to upload those images manually then… what a shame… I se re members. Does that include meta data on the members?
I don’t know if you have shell access, I’m not that advanced user. But I can see I have SFTP and database access.
You can upload the entire folder of images into the correct location. You do NOT need to manually re-add each one to a post.
You may find this helpful: How to migrate data from Ghost to Ghost
Ah ok ok, thank you so I will try
Worked, thank you very much!
That article doesn’t mention how to migrate members. I just moved servers and paid members didn’t import. The CSV has their stripe ID, but it’s not matched. Any ideas?
It /is/ possible to import paid members, but you have to have linked the SAME stripe account, and in the importer, you want to make sure to match up the stripe id columns. (That’ll probably happen by default, but you should check.)
It won’t hurt anything to import a second time, after linking Stripe correctly.
As an FYI, comments and member analytics don’t import. Another option (if you have the option) is to use an sql dump, which will get you a better backup & restore.
My recent adventures in server moving, in case its helpful: I moved servers!