What is the recommended migration path for WP sites from WPEngine (hosting provider) to GCP?

[dheerajpanyam]

I have around 5-10 WP sites that are hosted on WP Engine and I am looking to migrate to GCP. What is the recommended migration path? I am planning to use  one of several  GCP marketplace WP image. Also for the data transfer and the actual WP codebase do i need to setup hybrid connectivity?

[MaxImbrox]

Hi @dheerajpanyam, look at this documentation:

- https://cloud.google.com/migrate/containers/docs/m2c-cli/wordpress/wordpress-customizing-a-migration...

and unofficial:

1. How to Migrate WordPress to Google Cloud (Full Guide)
2. How to Migrate WordPress to Google Cloud (with Domain + Free SSL) 
3. How to Migrate Your WordPress Website to the Google Cloud Hosting Platform

[dheerajpanyam]

Thanks @MaxImbrox  the link that you sent migrates to GKE, we are interested in a lift and shift meaning VM to VM migration.

[MaxImbrox]

Hi @dheerajpanyam, what is the source? Have you ever heard about Google recommended tools like https://cloud.google.com/products/cloud-migration/virtual-machines?hl=en?

[dheerajpanyam]

Source is WPEngine , they are a 3rd party hosting provider @MaxImbrox 

[MaxImbrox]

I think that the best approach is to make an initial assessment to evaluate the as-is environment, and then use the 7R approach in order to understand if the Lift&Shift approach is the right one.