How do you 'migrate' files from one host to another?

[jamx551]

I plan to transfer all my websites including databases and scripts from one host to another. How do you do that?

Is there a tool which facilitates this?

thanks

 

[productive]

I plan to transfer all my websites including databases and scripts from one host to another. How do you do that?

Is there a tool which facilitates this?

thanks

Hi, jamx551

What type of control panel do you use ? and is it the same control panel with the host that you are moving too ?

Thanks :wave:

 

[dgaussin]

I prefer tar and gzip the directory I want to move, dump the databases and ftp the files to the new account. But you need SSH to do that. But it's the most easy and quick way I found.

 

[tandiono]

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Hi, jamx551

What type of control panel do you use ? and is it the same control panel with the host that you are moving too ?

Thanks :wave:

if the host is different fr previous, can it still be transfer?
btw is there any recommendation on good cheap hosting?

Thanks

 

[RJ]

Hi, jamx551

What type of control panel do you use ? and is it the same control panel with the host that you are moving too ?

Thanks :wave:

if the host is different fr previous, can it still be transfer?
btw is there any recommendation on good cheap hosting?

Thanks

Yep, you can move sites between hosts regardless of control panels, but if both the old host and new host are using the same type of control panel there may be a tool that can copy the site and its settings in its entirety.

Going from a Cpanel host to a Cpanel host can be very easy. The receiving host will have access to a site transfer utility in WHM that can transfer the account over, including all email and database settings.

Hosting recommendations are probably best for another thread. I've been recommended Polurnet.com to my clients lately.

 

[killerid]

Hello ,

We at polurnet.com free site transfering facility to all our clients.Feel free to ask more questions through helpdesk,Live support,email and msn{[email protected]}.

Thanks
Best Regards,Haris

This is total offtopic , that dude asked for help transfering why u advertising ur stuff here ur not helping at all, and he didnt mention anywhere that he is ur client so why advertise any moderator here please remove his post , cause i think advertising like that hurts all the competitors out there and they will also start advertising.

If you want to transfer data there is ftp to ftp tool which i use to transfer files from one host to other as i have no choice but to shift everything my free offer expires , do google for ftp to ftp transfer via servers u will find what u need, if cant i will transfer ur data for u if u want.

Later.

 

[jamx551]

RJ and Productive, Both my old and new host uses new CPanel with WHM. So do you know the exact tool I must use in these to transfer? is there a tutorial for these ?

Thanks killerid for your tip and offer. I was wondering if you can just teach me? since I want to do it myself as I may have several various sites I need to transfer

Pakinium, thanks for your offer. I have looked into your site. I will PM you if Im not satisfied with my current host.

THanks guys

 

[muchacho]

As dgaussin said, although I don't use ftp (and neither gzip, sometimes). Yesterday I moved a few sites in no time.

 

[RJ]

RJ and Productive, Both my old and new host uses new CPanel with WHM. So do you know the exact tool I must use in these to transfer? is there a tutorial for these ?

Yep, the utility is under the "Transfers" section in WHM, the actual link is titled "Copy an account from another server with account password". Only the root user will have access to do this, so if you don't own the server yourself you'll have to request that they setup/copy the account over.

With this tool, you can copy an account from any other Cpanel server as long as you have the username and password of the account.

 

[jamx551]

Ok RJ thanks.. But Im just a reseller but I have access to my account.. But with that tool is it possible for as a reseller to transfer it myself without the help of the server admin.?

Muchas gracias!

As dgaussin said, although I don't use ftp (and neither gzip, sometimes). Yesterday I moved a few sites in no time.

Wow, I bet its just a breeze on your part! How di you do that? can you teach me? :blink:

 

[muchacho]

Wow, I bet its just a breeze on your part! How di you do that? can you teach me? :blink:

I'm not a linux guru, but I can explain what I do. It needs SSH access to both servers.

1- Go to the directory you want to copy:
eg: cd /var/www/html/yoursite/

2- (If you don't use mysql skip this step):
mysqldump --opt yourDB -u yourUser -p > yourSite.sql

3- Compress the directory to one file:
tar zcf yourSite.tar.gz *
(sometimes, depending of the type of files and directories to compress, and the speed between the servers, is better not to compress the file).

4- Send it to your other account:
scp yourSite.tar.gz user@hostname:/path/to/directory/
(if you have permission to send it to that directory directly).

5- Go to your other account, go to the directory and uncompress the file:
tar zxf yourSite.tar.gz

6- Copy sql file to mysql:
mysql yourDB -u yourUser -p < yourSite.sql
(that DB should exist before using this command).

7- And if you've set up Apache and DNS before, it's finished.

Of course, there are others ways of doing it, and there are other options for those commands that may be a good idea to use.

 

[jamx551]

Ok I wil try that. Thanks for taking time to post it.