diff --git a/src/Console/Relocate.php b/src/Console/Relocate.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0054d3963
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Console/Relocate.php
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @copyright Copyright (C) 2010-2022, the Friendica project
+ *
+ * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+namespace Friendica\Console;
+
+use Asika\SimpleConsole\Console;
+use Friendica\Core\Config\Capability\IManageConfigValues;
+use Friendica\Core\Worker;
+use Friendica\Util\Strings;
+use Friendica\Worker\Delivery;
+
+class Relocate extends Console
+{
+	protected $helpOptions = ['h', 'help', '?'];
+
+	/**
+	 * @var IManageConfigValues
+	 */
+	private $config;
+	/**
+	 * @var \Friendica\App\BaseURL
+	 */
+	private $baseUrl;
+	/**
+	 * @var \Friendica\Database\Database
+	 */
+	private $database;
+
+	protected function getHelp()
+	{
+		$help = <<<HELP
+console relocate - Update the node base URL
+Usage
+    bin/console relocate <new base URL> [-h|--help|-?] [-v]
+
+Description
+    Warning! Advanced function. Could make this server unreachable.
+
+    Change the base URL for this server. Sends relocation message to all the Friendica and Diaspora* contacts of all local users.
+    This process updates all the database fields that may contain a URL pointing at the current domain, as a result it takes
+    a while and the node will be in maintenance mode for the whole duration.
+
+Options
+    -h|--help|-? Show help information
+    -v           Show more debug information.
+HELP;
+		return $help;
+	}
+
+	public function __construct(\Friendica\App\BaseURL $baseUrl, \Friendica\Database\Database $database, IManageConfigValues $config, $argv = null)
+	{
+		parent::__construct($argv);
+
+		$this->baseUrl  = $baseUrl;
+		$this->database = $database;
+		$this->config   = $config;
+	}
+
+	protected function doExecute()
+	{
+		if (count($this->args) == 0) {
+			$this->out($this->getHelp());
+			return 0;
+		}
+
+		if (count($this->args) > 1) {
+			throw new \Asika\SimpleConsole\CommandArgsException('Too many arguments');
+		}
+
+		$new_url = rtrim($this->getArgument(0), '/');
+
+		$parsed = @parse_url($new_url);
+		if (!is_array($parsed) || empty($parsed['host']) || empty($parsed['scheme'])) {
+			throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Can not parse new base URL. Must have at least <scheme>://<domain>');
+		}
+
+		$this->out(sprintf('Relocation started from %s to %s. Could take a while to complete.', $this->baseUrl->get(true), $this->getArgument(0)));
+
+		$old_url = $this->baseUrl->get(true);
+
+		// Generate host names for relocation the addresses in the format user@address.tld
+		$new_host = str_replace('http://', '@', Strings::normaliseLink($new_url));
+		$old_host = str_replace('http://', '@', Strings::normaliseLink($old_url));
+
+		$this->out('Entering maintenance mode');
+		$this->config->set('system', 'maintenance', true);
+		$this->config->set('system', 'maintenance_reason', 'Relocating node to ' . $new_url);
+
+		try {
+			if (!$this->database->transaction()) {
+				throw new \Exception('Unable to start a transaction, please retry later.');
+			}
+
+			// update tables
+			$this->out('Updating apcontact table fields');
+			$this->database->replaceInTableFields('apcontact', ['url', 'inbox', 'outbox', 'sharedinbox', 'photo', 'header', 'alias', 'subscribe', 'baseurl'], $old_url, $new_url);
+			$this->database->replaceInTableFields('apcontact', ['addr'], $old_host, $new_host);
+
+			$this->out('Updating contact table fields');
+			$this->database->replaceInTableFields('contact', ['photo', 'thumb', 'micro', 'url', 'alias', 'request', 'batch', 'notify', 'poll', 'subscribe', 'baseurl', 'confirm', 'poco', 'avatar', 'header'], $old_url, $new_url);
+			$this->database->replaceInTableFields('contact', ['nurl'], Strings::normaliseLink($old_url), Strings::normaliseLink($new_url));
+			$this->database->replaceInTableFields('contact', ['addr'], $old_host, $new_host);
+
+			$this->out('Updating conv table fields');
+			$this->database->replaceInTableFields('conv', ['creator', 'recips'], $old_host, $new_host);
+
+			$this->out('Updating delayed-post table fields');
+			$this->database->replaceInTableFields('delayed-post', ['uri'], $old_url, $new_url);
+
+			$this->out('Updating endpoint table fields');
+			$this->database->replaceInTableFields('endpoint', ['url'], $old_url, $new_url);
+
+			$this->out('Updating event table fields');
+			$this->database->replaceInTableFields('event', ['uri'], $old_url, $new_url);
+
+			$this->out('Updating fcontact table fields');
+			$this->database->replaceInTableFields('fcontact', ['url', 'photo', 'request', 'batch', 'poll', 'confirm', 'alias'], $old_url, $new_url);
+			$this->database->replaceInTableFields('fcontact', ['addr'], $old_host, $new_host);
+
+			$this->out('Updating fsuggest table fields');
+			$this->database->replaceInTableFields('fsuggest', ['url', 'request', 'photo'], $old_url, $new_url);
+
+			$this->out('Updating gserver table fields');
+			$this->database->replaceInTableFields('gserver', ['url'], $old_url, $new_url);
+			$this->database->replaceInTableFields('gserver', ['nurl'], Strings::normaliseLink($old_url), Strings::normaliseLink($new_url));
+
+			$this->out('Updating inbox-status table fields');
+			$this->database->replaceInTableFields('inbox-status', ['url'], $old_url, $new_url);
+
+			$this->out('Updating item-uri table fields');
+			$this->database->replaceInTableFields('item-uri', ['uri'], $old_url, $new_url);
+
+			$this->out('Updating mail table fields');
+			$this->database->replaceInTableFields('mail', ['from-photo', 'from-url', 'uri', 'thr-parent'], $old_url, $new_url);
+			$this->database->replaceInTableFields('mail', ['parent-uri'], $old_host, $new_host);
+
+			$this->out('Updating notify table fields');
+			$this->database->replaceInTableFields('notify', ['url', 'photo', 'link', 'msg', 'name_cache', 'msg_cache'], $old_url, $new_url);
+
+			$this->out('Updating profile table fields');
+			$this->database->replaceInTableFields('profile', ['photo', 'thumb'], $old_url, $new_url);
+
+			$this->out('Updating post-content table fields');
+			$this->database->replaceInTableFields('post-content', ['body', 'raw-body', 'rendered-html', 'target', 'plink'], $old_url, $new_url);
+			$this->database->replaceInTableFields('post-content', ['body', 'raw-body', 'rendered-html', 'target'], $old_host, $new_host);
+
+			$this->out('Updating post-history table fields');
+			$this->database->replaceInTableFields('post-history', ['body', 'raw-body', 'rendered-html', 'target', 'plink'], $old_url, $new_url);
+			$this->database->replaceInTableFields('post-history', ['body', 'raw-body', 'rendered-html', 'target'], $old_host, $new_host);
+
+			$this->out('Updating post-link table fields');
+			$this->database->replaceInTableFields('post-link', ['url'], $old_url, $new_url);
+
+			$this->out('Updating post-media table fields');
+			$this->database->replaceInTableFields('post-media', ['url', 'preview', 'author-url', 'author-image', 'publisher-url', 'publisher-image'], $old_url, $new_url);
+
+			$this->out('Updating tag table fields');
+			$this->database->replaceInTableFields('tag', ['url'], $old_url, $new_url);
+
+			// update config
+			$this->out('Updating config values');
+			$this->config->set('system', 'url', $new_url);
+			$this->baseUrl->saveByURL($new_url);
+
+			$this->database->commit();
+		} catch (\Throwable $e) {
+			$this->database->rollback();
+
+			$this->out('Process aborted with message: ' . $e->getMessage() . ' thrown in ' . $e->getFile() . ':' . $e->getLine());
+
+			return 1;
+		} finally {
+			$this->out('Leaving maintenance mode');
+			$this->config->set('system', 'maintenance', false);
+			$this->config->set('system', 'maintenance_reason', '');
+		}
+
+		// send relocate
+		$this->out('Schedule relocation messages to remote Friendica and Diaspora hosts');
+		$users = $this->database->selectToArray('user', ['uid'], ['account_removed' => false, 'account_expired' => false]);
+		foreach ($users as $user) {
+			Worker::add(PRIORITY_HIGH, 'Notifier', Delivery::RELOCATION, $user['uid']);
+		}
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/Core/Console.php b/src/Core/Console.php
index 828a0ea4d3..be5f315987 100644
--- a/src/Core/Console.php
+++ b/src/Core/Console.php
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ Commands:
 	po2php                 Generate a strings.php file from a messages.po file
 	typo                   Checks for parse errors in Friendica files
 	postupdate             Execute pending post update scripts (can last days)
+	relocate               Update node base URL
 	serverblock            Manage blocked servers
 	storage                Manage storage backend
 	relay                  Manage ActivityPub relay servers
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ HELP;
 		'postupdate'             => Friendica\Console\PostUpdate::class,
 		'po2php'                 => Friendica\Console\PoToPhp::class,
 		'relay'                  => Friendica\Console\Relay::class,
+		'relocate'               => Friendica\Console\Relocate::class,
 		'serverblock'            => Friendica\Console\ServerBlock::class,
 		'storage'                => Friendica\Console\Storage::class,
 		'test'                   => Friendica\Console\Test::class,
diff --git a/src/Database/Database.php b/src/Database/Database.php
index 711d546d80..41733f5f95 100644
--- a/src/Database/Database.php
+++ b/src/Database/Database.php
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ class Database
 	 *
 	 * @return boolean Was the command executed successfully?
 	 */
-	public function transaction()
+	public function transaction(): bool
 	{
 		if (!$this->performCommit()) {
 			return false;