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Migration step by step

Migration step by step

You need to have Jira Administrator rights in order to perform the migration.

1. Install - Jira Cloud Migration Assistant

Make sure you have the latest version of the Jira Cloud Migration Assistant installed on your Jira server. If not, update it.

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Jira Cloud Migration Assistant

2. Go to “Migrate to cloud” page

Navigate to Jira Administration (1) → System (2)

Settings → System

 

then on the left side in section IMPORT AND EXPORT, please go to Migrate to cloud (1)

Then you should see Migration Assistant home screen similar to this one:

For a successful migration, you need to prepare your instance to migration. You can also choose if you want to create your migration plan - test and migrate to a cloud-hosted site or create a proper migration.

A migration plan is a checklist of the steps you need to take to migrate properly. It is designed to prepare you and your data for migration and to identify potential sources of problems. This checklist will help you avoid making mistakes during a proper migration.

Note that it ends with user migration, without the application being migrated, as it is only a preparation for the final migration. After that, there will be no a server project on the cloud site.

More information about migration plan you can find in Atlassian’s documentation: