Migrating Ghost Data

Migrating Ghost Data

It's been a while since I've updated anything here, and I've done a bit lately so I thought I would drop a line in.

I wasn't utilizing my AWS EC2 vm, and since the free trial ran out eons ago I decided to switch to a t3a.nano instance and save some money. This meant moving my Ghost install off the old vm, which mean migrating the data from a pre-1.0 to post-2.0 Ghost install.

This meant upgrading my data export by version-hopping it:

  1. Exporting the data from the pre-1.0 install
  2. Installing Ghost 1.0
  3. Importing the data into the 1.0 install
  4. Exporting the data from the 1.0 install
  5. Installing Ghost 2.0
  6. Importing the data into the 2.0 install

I also took the opportunity to update my Ghost theme to 1.0 and 2.0, but ultimately I preferred the default theme anyway and just modified that one to suit my needs.