Nexcess to Cloudways Magento migration: what changes
A practical view of moving Magento from Nexcess to Cloudways, including Redis, OpenSearch, Cloudflare and cutover planning.
Why merchants move
The usual reasons are cost, performance, control and support fit. A Magento store can run very well on Cloudways, but only if caching, search, PHP workers, cron and Cloudflare are configured for the store rather than left at defaults.
Migration checklist
A good migration is built in parallel. Copy code and database, configure services, run Magento upgrade or compile steps where needed, test checkout and integrations, then cut over DNS with a short TTL.
- Match PHP, database and search versions to Magento requirements.
- Configure Redis for cache and sessions where appropriate.
- Check cron and consumers on the new server.
- Use Cloudflare rules to bypass checkout and account paths.
- Run final data sync before DNS cutover.
What not to miss
Email sending, payment webhooks, admin IP restrictions, robots.txt, sitemap output and image cache behaviour are easy to forget. They should be part of the cutover checklist, not post-launch surprises.