Move a server to another region

A server runs where it was created. To move it, you create one in the other region and move the data across, which is a backup and a restore.

Move it

1. Backups on the old server: take a fresh backup.
2. Create a new server in the other region with the same software, version and RAM. Do not start it yet.
3. On the new server, Backups: the account’s backups are listed; Restore Backup from the old server’s snapshot into the new one. (If the snapshot is not listed for the new server, use Clone Server from Backup on the old one, then change the clone’s region setting if offered, or download the world and upload it. See Upload a world.)
4. Start the new server and check the console.
5. Point players and your domain at the new address (Settings, General, Your own domain shows the new SRV target). Keep the old one up for a day, then delete it.

Which region

Players see 20 to 60 ms on the same continent and 90 to 150 ms across the Atlantic. Host where most of the group is; a split group picks the side with the players who play most.

Good to know

• The RAM pool is account-wide, so two servers running at once during the move both take their share. Stop the old one once the new one is verified.
• Custom domains and the join page follow the server they are set on; move them to the new server in its settings.