# Migrate private registry to new server using LocalRegistry.jl
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/migrate-private-registry-to-new-server-using-localregistry-jl/100859
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** question, package-manager, package-management
**Created:** [June 26, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/migrate-private-registry-to-new-server-using-localregistry-jl/100859 "2023-06-26T20:49:06Z")
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### Author:  [@Christopher\_Fisher](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Christopher_Fisher)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/migrate-private-registry-to-new-server-using-localregistry-jl/100859/1 "2023-06-26T20:49:07Z")
Hi,
I am using LocalRegistry.jl to manage a private package ecosystem. I need to move the registry and package ecosystem to a new server. How to I ensure that the registry and projects using the registry and package ecosystem continue to work?
Thank you!
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### Author:  [@GunnarFarneback](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GunnarFarneback)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/migrate-private-registry-to-new-server-using-localregistry-jl/100859/2 "2023-06-26T21:08:58Z")
1. Move the packages and registry repository to the new server.
2. In the registry, update the package URLs in the `repo` field of all `*/*/Package.toml` files for the new server.
3. In the Julia installations using your private registry, do
```julia
pkg> registry rm NAME_OF_REGISTRY
pkg> registry add NEW_URL_OF_REGISTRY
```
For completeness you can also update the `repo` field of `Registry.toml` in the registry repo, but I don’t think that information is actually used anywhere.
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### Author:  [@Christopher\_Fisher](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Christopher_Fisher)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2023, 10:54am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/migrate-private-registry-to-new-server-using-localregistry-jl/100859/3 "2023-06-27T10:54:49Z")
Thank you for your reply. I had a chance to try it out this morning, but it did not work unfortunately. Unlike the previous server I used, the new server uses ssh instead of https. I suspect this might be the culprit.
When I interface with the repo via the command line, everything works as expected. However, when I update a package from my project, the system stalls. Here is what I get:
(my\_project) pkg\> update MyPackage
Updating registry at `C:\Users\christopher.fisher\.julia\registries\MyPrivateRegistry`
Updating git-repo `git@gitlab.url`
Private key location for ‘git@gitlab.url’ [C:\Users\christopher.fisher\location]:
(I removed some of the specific information). It just hangs here while looking for the ssh key. Do you have any advice for moving forward?
Thank you!
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### Author:  [@Christopher\_Fisher](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Christopher_Fisher)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/migrate-private-registry-to-new-server-using-localregistry-jl/100859/4 "2023-06-27T11:11:34Z")
I am using RSA and found this issue: [Github droped support for ssh keys with rsa · Issue #55 · GunnarFarneback/LocalRegistry.jl · GitHub](https://github.com/GunnarFarneback/LocalRegistry.jl/issues/55)
I switched to ecdsa, and it appears to be working.
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### Author:  [@Christopher\_Fisher](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Christopher_Fisher)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2023, 11:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/migrate-private-registry-to-new-server-using-localregistry-jl/100859/5 "2023-06-27T11:35:48Z")
Ok. Everything is working. Thanks for your help!
This might be obvious to those who do this often, but remember to switch your default remote location with git remote set-url origin url\_here.