Moving your VPS to another location

What this is#

Your VPS lives in one of our datacenters, and sometimes the right one changes: your users turned out to be mostly in Europe, latency matters to a trading setup, or you simply picked a location on day one that no longer fits. On Linux and Storage VPS, moving is self-service: an automated migration you start from your VPS's manage page, with a $4 fee. Everything on the VPS moves with it, the OS, your applications, your data.

For other products, ask us and we'll see what's possible for your case.

The one big consequence: your IP changes#

IP addresses belong to a location, so a move always means a new IP. That's not a footnote, it's the part that needs planning:

• DNS: update the A/AAAA records for every domain pointing at the VPS, and lower the TTL ahead of the move if you want the switch to propagate quickly.
• Mail: if the VPS sends email, update SPF records that name the old IP, and set the reverse DNS (PTR) for the new IP on the Network tab again, rDNS does not follow you.
• Anything pinned to the old IP: firewall allowlists at third parties, API access lists, monitoring, hardcoded IPs in configs or client software.
• SSL certificates keyed to domains are fine once DNS points at the new IP; certificates or validations tied to the IP itself need redoing.

This is the same checklist as any server move, the migration guide covers it in depth.

Deciding whether the move is worth it#

The honest test is measurement, not intuition: check the latency your actual users get to your current location versus the candidate (our Looking Glass lets you ping and download from each location before committing). A 20 ms improvement matters to a game server or trading bot; for a typical website behind a CDN it often doesn't. If you're unsure whether a move buys you anything, open a ticket and describe the situation first.

How to start it#

1. Open your VPS's manage page (https://vpsdime.com/myservices).
2. Use Migrate to Another Location and choose the destination.
3. Pay the $4 fee and the automated migration takes it from there.
4. When it completes, work through the IP checklist above, DNS first.

Still need help?#

You can open a support ticket. So we can help on the first reply, it's worth mentioning:

• the VPS hostname or IP and the destination location you have in mind,
• whether latency, compliance, or something else is driving the move,
• whether your setup has IP-sensitive pieces (mail, allowlists) we should know about.

Related questions#

• "Can I move my VPS to a different datacenter?"
• "How much does a location migration cost?"
• "Does my IP address change if I move my VPS?"
• "How do I move my VPS closer to my users?"
• "What do I need to update after moving my VPS?"