Migrating a Contabo VPS to AnubizHost
Contabo offers cheap VPS in Germany and a few other locations, but performance can be inconsistent and German jurisdiction is not offshore. This guide walks through moving a Contabo VPS to AnubizHost with offshore jurisdiction, better performance per dollar at the equivalent tier, and crypto-only billing.
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Inventory the Contabo Instance
From the Contabo panel, note the VPS plan (VPS S, M, L, XL), region (EU/US/Asia), and add-ons (extra storage, additional IPs). A Contabo VPS M (6 vCPU, 16GB RAM, 400GB SSD) maps to AnubizHost VPS IV or V depending on CPU vs RAM priority.
Lower DNS TTLs 24 hours ahead. Contabo does not run a public DNS service so any DNS is managed externally (Cloudflare, registrar DNS, etc.).
Provision AnubizHost Target
Order an offshore VPS. Romania pricing is similar to Contabo at the same vCPU/RAM tier but with offshore jurisdiction and crypto billing. Pay BTC or XMR. SSH in, install matching packages, replicate firewall rules.
Contabo's IPv6 allocation is /64. AnubizHost provides equivalent IPv6 - configure dual-stack on the new VPS to maintain IPv6 reachability.
Sync Filesystem
Standard rsync from running Contabo VPS:
rsync -aHAXv --numeric-ids --delete \
--exclude={"/dev","/proc","/sys","/tmp","/run","/mnt","/media","/lost+found"} \
/ root@NEW_IP:/For database workloads, also run pg_dump or mysqldump in parallel and restore on the target. Contabo SSDs are slower than AnubizHost NVMe so the source-side read may bottleneck the transfer.
DNS Cutover
Flip A/AAAA records. Re-issue Let's Encrypt on the new host. Verify externally. Keep Contabo VPS for 7 days as rollback, then cancel via the panel.
Contabo bills monthly with a setup fee on initial provision. Cancellation requires confirmation and is processed at the end of the billing cycle.
Performance and Jurisdiction Upgrade
Contabo's German jurisdiction means NetzDG exposure and standard EU abuse response. AnubizHost Romania is EU but with much weaker enforcement on infrastructure-level takedowns; Iceland is fully outside the EU. NVMe SSD on AnubizHost typically delivers 5-10x the IOPS of Contabo's SATA SSD at the entry tier. Related reading: offshore VPS, Contabo Storage VPS migration, Hetzner migration.
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