How to Migrate from AWS EC2 to Hetzner Cloud

AWS EC2 costs can be reduced dramatically by migrating to Hetzner Cloud — typical savings of 70-85%.

Cost Comparison

AWS t3.medium (2 vCPU, 4GB):  ~$30/month
Hetzner CX21 (2 vCPU, 4GB):   $5.83/month

Migration Steps

# Copy files
rsync -avz ubuntu@AWS_IP:/var/www/ deploy@HETZNER_IP:/var/www/

# Export database from AWS
mysqldump -u root -p --all-databases | gzip > all-dbs.sql.gz
scp all-dbs.sql.gz deploy@HETZNER_IP:/tmp/

# Import on Hetzner
gunzip < /tmp/all-dbs.sql.gz | mysql -u root -p

Test Before DNS Switch

# Add to /etc/hosts locally
HETZNER_IP yourdomain.com

Conclusion

AWS to Hetzner migration saves 70-85% on hosting. Our team handles cloud migrations with zero data loss.