We’re officially on v2 of Thunder Compute’s infrastructure 🎉 🚀 What’s new
  • Faster CPUs, networking, and GPUs (often by large margins)
  • More reliable start/stop/connect operations
  • Coming soon: H100s, 8× GPU nodes, and more GPU types

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Migrate in 3 steps

  1. Create a new instance
With the browser, CLI, or VS Code extension, create a new instance. All new instances are automatically on v2.
  1. Copy files from your old instance
First, create SSH aliases for both instances (this happens on first connect): 
tnr connect <old-id>
tnr connect <new-id>
Then use rsync from your local machine to transfer directly between the two instances. This resumes partial transfers and shows progress: 
rsync -avhz --partial --inplace --progress tnr-<old-id>:~/ tnr-<new-id>:~/
Notes:
  • You can scope to specific directories, e.g., tnr-<old-id>:~/project/ to tnr-<new-id>:~/project/.
  • Run the command from your local computer; the tnr-<id> SSH configs are created on first connect.
  • To mirror exactly (including deletions), add --delete (use with care).
  1. Delete old instances and snapshots (after verifying the new instance)
tnr stop <old-id>
tnr delete <old-id>
tnr snapshot delete <old-snapshot-id>

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Advanced: Faster transfer

For large datasets, you can transfer directly between instances (bypassing your local machine) for better performance:
  1. Set up tnr CLI on the old instance Connect to your old instance and install the tnr CLI: 
    tnr connect <old-id>
curl -fsSL https://console.thundercompute.com/install.sh | sh
source ~/.bashrc
  2. Connect to the new instance from the old instance While still on the old instance, connect to the new instance to create the SSH alias: 
    tnr connect <new-id>
  3. Transfer directly Now run the transfer from the old instance: 
    rsync -avhz --partial --inplace --progress ~/ tnr-<new-id>:~/
This method uses the direct network connection between instances, which is typically faster than routing through your local machine.
  1. Delete old instances and snapshots (after verifying the new instance) 
    tnr stop <old-id>
tnr delete <old-id>
tnr snapshot delete <old-snapshot-id>

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Compatibility

Please note that Docker and systemd are not currently supported on Thunder Compute v2. We plan to release functionality to directly deploy containers as instances in the near future.

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Need help?

Our team can assist end‑to‑end. If you get stuck, ping us and we’ll help—or do the migration for you.