# Moving from self-hosted to ghost-hosted **URL:** \ **Category:** Self-hosting\ **Created:** [December 6, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/moving-from-self-hosted-to-ghost-hosted/43208 "2023-12-06T16:01:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jaydlawrence](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/jaydlawrence/32/27691_2.png) [@jaydlawrence](https://forum.ghost.org/u/jaydlawrence)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/moving-from-self-hosted-to-ghost-hosted/43208/1 "2023-12-06T16:01:37Z")
I have an out-dated ghost installation for my website. I got a couple of emails warning me that my installation is out of date. I tried upgrading but the upgrade failed. I am thinking of moving my blog to being hosted by [ghost.org](http://ghost.org). I can figure out the DNS stuff etc,. but does someone have access to a guide or similar for exporting one’s blog from self-hosted (including images) and importing it to a new [ghost.org](http://ghost.org) hosted instance? I understand that I can export the posts as JSON, but it doesn’t grab the images. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/kevin/32/32_2.png) [@Kevin](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Kevin)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/moving-from-self-hosted-to-ghost-hosted/43208/2 "2023-12-06T16:06:50Z")
> **[How to migrate data from Ghost to Ghost](https://ghost.org/docs/migration/ghost/)** > > Everything you need to know about working with the Ghost professional publishing platform. ---
**Author:** ![jaydlawrence](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/jaydlawrence/32/27691_2.png) [@jaydlawrence](https://forum.ghost.org/u/jaydlawrence)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/moving-from-self-hosted-to-ghost-hosted/43208/3 "2023-12-06T16:07:45Z")
Legend! Thank you. My google-foo failed me on this one. This is exactly what I was looking for. ---
**Author:** ![jaydlawrence](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/jaydlawrence/32/27691_2.png) [@jaydlawrence](https://forum.ghost.org/u/jaydlawrence)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/moving-from-self-hosted-to-ghost-hosted/43208/4 "2024-01-19T18:27:30Z")
Ok. I am in a catch 22. My blog is stuck on V4 because V5 needs Node 18 which can’t run on Ubuntu 18. So I can try to update ubuntu on my server and hope nothing breaks and that it doesn’t lock me out. In the meantime I have generated a backup zip file. But it is almost 500MB and the Ghost Unversal import doesn’t seem to want to take the upload. I assume that I need to update it to V5 to be able to generate an export that the Ghost hosted version will ingest? Any suggestions on how to get out of this scenario? I am also thinking that I could install ghost 4 locally on a Ubuntu 20 VM, Import my blog and then upgrade it to 5 to export it properly. But that seems like a long process. ---
**Author:** ![jaydlawrence](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/jaydlawrence/32/27691_2.png) [@jaydlawrence](https://forum.ghost.org/u/jaydlawrence)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/moving-from-self-hosted-to-ghost-hosted/43208/5 "2024-01-19T18:53:03Z")
Ok. Looks like it was user error. I was using the backup zip file generated by the CLI. I am following instructions now to use the UI for most of the data and the terminal for the images. 🤞 ---
**Author:** ![jaydlawrence](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/jaydlawrence/32/27691_2.png) [@jaydlawrence](https://forum.ghost.org/u/jaydlawrence)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/moving-from-self-hosted-to-ghost-hosted/43208/6 "2024-01-19T19:15:10Z")
Ok. It worked. Thanks again.