cPanel Migration Tutorial

Migrating cPanel accounts between servers is a common task for administrators aiming to optimize server resources or improve performance. This guide will walk you through the process of migrating a single cPanel account, all cPanel accounts, or multiple cPanel accounts to a new server using the terminal.

Migrating a Single cPanel Account

1. Connect to the Source Server:

   Use SSH to connect to the source server by entering:

   ssh your_username@your_server_ip

2. Create a Full Backup of the cPanel Account:

   Navigate to the home directory and create a backup of the specific cPanel account:

   cd /home/
   /scripts/pkgacct [cpanel_username]

3. Transfer the Backup to the Destination Server:

   Transfer the backup file to the new server using `rsync`:

   rsync -av --progress /home/cpmove-[cpanel_username].tar.gz root@103.193.72.49:/home

   Replace 103.193.72.49 with the IP address of your new server.

4. Restore the Backup on the Destination Server:

   Connect to the new server using SSH:

   ssh your_username@your_server_ip

   Restore the backup with the following command:

   /scripts/restorepkg cpmove-[cpanel_username].tar.gz

   Verify that the migration was successful by checking the new server.

Migrating All cPanel Accounts

1. Create Backups for All cPanel Accounts on the Source Server:

   Generate backups for all cPanel accounts with the following command:

   ls /var/cpanel/users | while read a; do
   /scripts/pkgacct $a
   done

2. Transfer All Backups to the Destination Server:

   Use `rsync` to transfer the backup files to the new server:

   rsync -av --progress /home/*.tar.gz root@103.193.72.49:/home

   Replace 103.193.72.49 with the IP address of your new server.

3. Restore All Backups on the Destination Server:

   Connect to the new server using SSH:

   ssh your_username@your_server_ip

   Restore each backup with the following commands:

   ls /home/ | awk -F'[-.]' '{print $2}' | while read a; do
   /scripts/killacct --user=$a
   /scripts/restorepkg $a
   done

   Verify that all cPanel accounts have been migrated successfully on the new server.

Migrating Multiple cPanel Accounts at a Time

1. Create Backups for Multiple cPanel Accounts on the Source Server:

   Use the following script to create backups for multiple accounts:

   #!/bin/bash
   
   # List of cPanel accounts to create backups
   accounts=("account1" "account2" "account3")
   
   for account in "${accounts[@]}"; do
       /scripts/pkgacct $account
   done

   Replace "account1" "account2" "account3" with the usernames of the cPanel accounts you wish to back up.

2. Transfer All Backups to the Destination Server:

   Transfer the backup files using `rsync`:

   rsync -av --progress /home/*.tar.gz root@103.193.72.49:/home

   Replace 103.193.72.49 with the IP address of your new server.

3. Restore All Backups on the Destination Server:

   Connect to the new server using SSH:

   ssh your_username@your_server_ip

   Restore each backup with the following commands:

   ls /home/ | awk -F'[-.]' '{print $2}' | while read a; do
   /scripts/killacct --user=$a
   /scripts/restorepkg $a
   done

   Ensure that all cPanel accounts have been successfully migrated by verifying on the new server.