Migrating cPanel accounts between servers is a routine task for administrators seeking to optimize server resources or enhance performance. This guide provides a concise walkthrough of migrating both a single cPanel account and all cPanel accounts to a new server using the terminal.
Migrating a Single cPanel Account:
Step 1: Connect to Source Server
ssh your_username@your_server_ip
Step 2: Create Full Backup of this cPanel Account
cd /home/ /scripts/pkgacct [cpanel_username]
Step 3: Transfer Backup to Destination Server
now, we need to transfer this cPanel account from our old server to the new one.
rsync -av --progress /home/cpmove-[cpanel_username].tar.gz root@103.193.72.49:/home
where 103.193.72.49 is your new server IP. Now, all the file in this cPanel is transferring to our new server!
Step 4: Restore Backup
Connect to Destination Server
ssh your_username@your_server_ip
Finally, in our new server, fire the following command,
/scripts/restorepkg cpmove-[cpanel_username].tar.gz
Check the new server to ensure successful migration.
Migrating All cPanel Accounts:
Step 1: Generate All cPanel Accounts List on Source Server
ls /var/cpanel/users | while read a; do /scripts/pkgacct $a done
Step 2: Transfer the List to Destination Server
rsync -av --progress /home/*.tar.gz root@103.193.72.49:/home
where 103.193.72.49 is your new server. Now, all the files are transferring to our new server!
Step 3: Restore Backup
Connect to Destination Server
ssh your_username@your_server_ip
Finally, in our new server, fire the following command,
ls /home/ | awk -F'[-.]' '{print $2}' | while read a; do
/scripts/killacct --user=$a
/scripts/restorepkg $a
done
Check the new server to ensure all cPanel accounts have been successfully migrated.
Migrating Multiple cPanel Accounts at a time:
Step 1: Generate Multiple cPanel Accounts on Source Server
#!/bin/bash
# List of cPanel accounts to create backups
accounts=("account1" "account2" "account3")
for account in "${accounts[@]}"; do
/scripts/pkgacct $account
done
In here, “account1” “account2” “account3” “account4” “account5” “account6” ……. should replace with cPanel usernames
Step 2: Transfer the List to Destination Server
rsync -av --progress /home/*.tar.gz root@103.193.72.49:/home
where 103.193.72.49 is your new server. Now, all the files are transferring to our new server!
Step 3: Restore Backup
Connect to Destination Server
ssh your_username@your_server_ip
Finally, in our new server, fire the following command,
ls /home/ | awk -F'[-.]' '{print $2}' | while read a; do
/scripts/killacct --user=$a
/scripts/restorepkg $a
done
Check the new server to ensure all cPanel accounts have been successfully migrated.