# How to migrate your self-hosted service to Temporal Cloud

DevFeed: [How to migrate your self-hosted service to Temporal Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-migrate-your-self-hosted-service-to-temporal-cloud-35868.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://temporal.io/blog/how-to-migrate-your-self-hosted-service-to-temporal-cloud>)

Author: Meagan Speare

Published: 2024-04-17T04:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Temporal Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/temporal-blog.md>)

Topics: [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/migration.md>), [Self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/self-hosted.md>), [Scalability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scalability.md>), [Availability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/availability.md>), [Latency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/latency.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [API keys](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api-keys.md>), [Encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/encryption.md>)

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## AI overview

This tutorial outlines how to migrate a self-hosted Temporal Service to Temporal Cloud. It explains that migration occurs at the application level, typically requires minimal code changes rather than a database migration, and involves routing new and existing Workflow Executions to the cloud namespace.

## Source excerpt

Learn how migrating to Temporal Cloud enhances scalability, availability, and reduces latency, offering a more efficient, consumption-based solution.