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Flora Brandão for Upsun

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Migrating apps without rewriting code 🚀

Application migrations often stall because rebuilding deployment pipelines and environment setups takes months of tedious work. Your application code is rarely the problem, but rebuilding the surrounding infrastructure is a massive headache.

Here is how you can simplify the process:

  • Declare your runtimes, services, and routes once in a single configuration file stored in your repository.
  • Push a Git branch to automatically launch an isolated environment for testing.
  • Sync real production data into your branch to validate changes safely before merging.
  • Keep your existing application logic, CLI tools, and CI pipelines intact without refactoring.

Testing happens on a dedicated branch, so you never have to test in production or risk live site downtime.

Check out the full article see the step-by-step workflow:

Migrate your app to Upsun without a rewrite | Upsun

Migrating to Upsun doesn't mean rewriting your app. Add one config file, push a branch, test against real production data, and merge only when it works.

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