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- Before you begin<\/a><\/li>\n
- A few rules of thumb<\/a><\/li>\n
- Migrating your site – cPanel to cPanel<\/a><\/li>\n
- Migrating your site – Manual Migration<\/a><\/li>\n
- Migrating MySQL Databases<\/a><\/li>\n
- Migrating Emails<\/a><\/li>\n
- Testing your Website (optional)<\/a><\/li>\n
- Going Live – DNS and Nameservers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Before you begin<\/h3>\n
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- The information published here is a general guide only. It might include variables which won\u2019t match your specific needs which can\u2019t be accounted here.<\/li>\n
- We can\u2019t help you with performing or troubleshooting a self migration<\/li>\n
- If you are not sure, it would be better to take an advice from your web developer or allow us to do the migration for you.<\/li>\n
- We can guide you in putting your website data on our hosting, but we can\u2019t give you instructions for getting that data from your existing host. You need to contact your existing host provider for this.<\/li>\n
- If there are differences between your previous host and MilesWeb may mean that your website won\u2019t work accurately just after you migrate. There may be some changes to website or configuration in your cPanel account prior to getting your website work properly.<\/li>\n
- If you have already installed an SSL Certificate<\/a>, it is obligatory that you provide us your Certificate, Private Key and Intermediate Certificate for installing it on the server.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
A few rules of thumb<\/h3>\n
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- Installation is exactly the reverse process of removal. So, if you can\u2019t get something from your existing host, follow the inverse action of the migration steps.<\/li>\n
- It is very easy to keep your old as well as new hosting active concurrently. This way you can migrate your website with minimal downtime.<\/li>\n
- Several modern websites are based on a CMS such as WordPress. These CMS are just raw files and utilize databases too with MySQL being the universal choice. You will need to consider this while evaluating your needs and performing any migration.<\/li>\n
- We would suggest you to migrate your site after business hours i.e. overnight or weekends would be a sensible time for avoiding downtime and email availability.<\/li>\n
- Changes on DNS take time to activate \u2013 in simple words the \u201ccutover\u201d from the old server to the new. \u00a0These changes don\u2019t happen instantly and yes the web host provider isn\u2019t responsible for this \u2013 it\u2019s just dependent on the Internet working.<\/li>\n
- You can drop your TTL values in advance which might help in speeding up the propagation process.<\/li>\n
- You need to move your email data in both cases \u2013 either you are using IMAP or POP. When you migrate email data, you don\u2019t need to create email accounts again.<\/li>\n
- If you change any specific details, for example, Nameservers, DNS records<\/a>, Database names, etc. it is better to note down the existing values prior to changing them. This will prevent you from getting stuck, if you require reverting such changes or referring to these details later or something goes wrong.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Migrating your site – cPanel to cPanel<\/h3>\n
Basically, our servers run cPanel and there is a possibility that your existing host does too. If this is the case, both we as well as your existing host will provide you with login details to login to a particular URL as below:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.your.domain\/cpanel<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.your.domain:2083<\/p>\n
https:\/\/server123.your-web.host:2083<\/p>\n
Note:<\/strong> The size of the backup depends on your site and data and if it\u2019s too large and might take a long time to download as well as upload between both servers.<\/div>\n- \n
- Start with logging to your previous server\u2019s cPanel using the URL provided by your host.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- After logging in, go to the Backups<\/strong> section.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Click on the Download button below the Home Folder<\/strong> under the title Partial Backups<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- A file with the extension .tar.gz<\/strong> will be downloaded to your computer. Note the name and location of this file.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- After this, login to your new cPanel account on your MilesWeb service with the temporary cPanel URL and login details provided in your welcome email. If you are a reseller, you will be able to login with the cPanel details that you create in WHM.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Next, access the Backups<\/strong> page as before.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Finally, click on the Restore<\/strong> options on the right hand side and locate the .tar.gz<\/strong> file downloaded to your machine. Then click on Upload<\/strong>. This will upload the Home Directory<\/strong> backup and restore all the files.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- You will notice that cPanel permits you to save separate backups for MySQL Databases, email filters and email forwarders. If want to migrate this data too, repeat the same steps for each relevant backup.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Migrating your site – Manual Migration<\/h3>\n
If you are migrating your website from a non-cPanel server, or if there are large amount of data of your website, you might need to migrate your website manually.<\/p>\n
The steps below assume that the website files are already on your computer.<\/p>\n
There are several folders within your cPanel account where all types of data is stored. The web root or document root should contain your website files. This folder is named as \/public_html\/<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
There are two methods to upload files to this folder:<\/p>\n
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- cPanel’s File Manager<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Using FTP<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Copying Files – cPanel’s File Manager<\/strong><\/p>\n
Login to cPanel and access File Manager<\/strong> under the title Files<\/strong>:<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nA pop-up will appear where you need to select Web Root<\/strong> and click Go<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nFile Manage enables you to browse various folders and also offers you tools for uploading your files. All the buttons itself give you the idea about each tool.<\/p>\n
Copying Files – FTP<\/strong><\/p>\n
If you are using FTP, you will need an FTP Client<\/strong>. FileZilla<\/strong> is the most popular FTP client used but you can choose your favorite. After downloading and installing your choice of FTP client, configure it for connecting to the hosting server or the IP given in the welcome email along with your cPanel login details.<\/p>\n
Next use FTP to locate files on your computer and upload them to the server. Again, you will need to move the website files to the \/public_html\/<\/strong> folder.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nMigrating MySQL Databases<\/h3>\n
You might use Backup \/ Restore<\/strong> functionality for moving from one cPanel server to another. If you are migrating a database, you should export or \u201cdump\u201d the database from your existing server (it should be exported as a .sql<\/strong> file) then create a database on the new server and import the data.<\/p>\n
Your cPanel on the new server contains two areas – MySQL Databases<\/strong> and phpMyAdmin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nCreate a database and database users with the help of the MySQL Databases<\/strong> page and then give those users access and permissions to those databases.<\/p>\n
When this is completed, use phpMyAdmin<\/strong> to import the data from the Import<\/strong> tab.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nIt is important that the database names should be prefixed with cPanel username. This might indicate that you won\u2019t be able to setup databases with the same names used that are used on your old server. If this is the case, you will require using a new database name and then edit your website configuration with the new database details.<\/p>\n
Migrating Emails<\/h3>\n
If you are migrating from cPanel to cPanel, your email accounts and data will automatically get copied while backing up and restoring your home folder. But, this won\u2019t always be assured as it depend on the potential differences between the old and the new server.<\/p>\n
Manual email data migration is a too lengthy process. Also, we don\u2019t perform email migration for you if we are doing a paid manual migration for you. This type of migration is needed only when emails are accessed via IMAP.<\/p>\n
If you have your email hosted on a different server to your website, such as a cloud service like Office 365, Google Apps, or a on-premises mail server such as Kerio or Exchange, this won\u2019t be changing while moving your website to MilesWeb. It would be better to involve your Mail administrator with the migration process for ensuring your email service is setup accurately and functioning properly.<\/p>\n
Testing your Website (optional)<\/h3>\n
After migrating your website, you may want to test the website optionally.<\/p>\n
If you want to test your website optionally, you will need to modify your hosts file<\/strong>. This informs your computer about accessing your site from the new server instead of the existing one. This will help you to understand that everything works fine prior to making your site live.<\/p>\n
The Product Welcome email that is received after purchasing your hosting service will contain the IP address to use.<\/p>\n
When it\u2019s done, it is recommended to delete the modifications done to your hosts file, as they should be temporary only.<\/p>\n
Going Live – DNS and Nameservers<\/h3>\n
- Using FTP<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- cPanel’s File Manager<\/strong><\/li>\n
- You will notice that cPanel permits you to save separate backups for MySQL Databases, email filters and email forwarders. If want to migrate this data too, repeat the same steps for each relevant backup.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Finally, click on the Restore<\/strong> options on the right hand side and locate the .tar.gz<\/strong> file downloaded to your machine. Then click on Upload<\/strong>. This will upload the Home Directory<\/strong> backup and restore all the files.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Next, access the Backups<\/strong> page as before.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- A file with the extension .tar.gz<\/strong> will be downloaded to your computer. Note the name and location of this file.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Click on the Download button below the Home Folder<\/strong> under the title Partial Backups<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- After logging in, go to the Backups<\/strong> section.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Start with logging to your previous server\u2019s cPanel using the URL provided by your host.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- A few rules of thumb<\/a><\/li>\n