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title: "Migrating the server from Drupal to Acquia Search powered by SearchStax"
date: "2025-02-12T10:51:33+00:00"
summary: "Step-by-step guide to migrate your Drupal server to Acquia Search powered by SearchStax. Improve your site's search functionality."
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1.  In the administration menu of your application, click **Configuration**.
2.  In the **Search and metadata** section, click **Migrate from Solr to SearchStax**.
3.  Click **Migrate**.

![The "Migrate from Solr to SearchStax Site Search" page in the Drupal administration panel, guiding users through migrating search functionality from Solr to SearchStax. It includes three sections: Migrate search servers, where the Acquia Search API Solr server is ready for migration; Copy search indexes, which lists the Acquia Search Solr Index but indicates that its server has not been migrated yet; and Switch index of search views, which allows switching search views to the new index but remains…](https://acquia.widen.net/content/8f4d726a-9a5f-4405-8ae8-79ebafd5a20a/web/search-searchstax_migrate-server.png?w=1090&itok=R_8oifXJ)

4.  Use your SearchStax Site Search Account credentials to log in. If you enabled two-factor authentication, use the corresponding token.  
    After you log in, the system displays a list of all apps present on your Site Search account.
5.  Skip this step if you see your apps in the list.
    1.  If you do not see the desired app in the drop down, create an app by following the steps outlined in [Creating a Search App](https://www.searchstax.com/docs/searchstudio/creating-a-searchstax-studio-app-2/).  
        After you create the app, navigate back to **Configuration** > **Search and Metadata** > **Migrate from Solr to SearchStax**.
    2.  Click **Migrate**, and toggle the refresh button under the SearchStax app to migrate if you do not see the app in the list.
6.  Select the app you want to connect to from the list.
7.  Select **Search view and display**, and choose the desired view to fetch the settings from.
8.  Click **Migrate server now**.

![The "Migrate server Acquia Search API Solr server" page in the Drupal administration panel. A status message confirms that the login was successful. The page provides options to select a SearchStax app for migration, ensuring that it is an unused app not yet linked to any Search API server. Users can also choose whether to migrate settings from an existing search view and display. The Detected languages section lists supported languages, including English (text_en) and German (text_de), along with…](https://acquia.widen.net/content/cee9da69-4661-4367-81ca-b530b70a70f8/web/search-searchstax_migrate-server-now.png?w=720&itok=oRgx5fPz)

After successful migration, the system displays several success status messages that indicate the artifacts that are migrated.

![A web interface showing successful migration status messages for SearchStax Site Search configuration. For example, Added English synonyms to the SearchStax app.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/834087b8-f91b-49b6-8f08-2c780cbc2328/web/search-searchstax_migrate-status-messages.png?w=720&itok=3q8r0wJ0)

Next step
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[Migrate the index from Drupal to Acquia Search powered by SearchStax](/acquia-cloud-platform/migrating-index-drupal-acquia-search-powered-searchstax "Migrating the index from Drupal to Acquia Search powered by SearchStax")