How To Transfer/Migrate An Account From One Server To Another With cpmove

How Do I Transfer/Migrate An Account Using cpmove?

You can transfer/migrate an account using cpmove by performing the following steps:

1. Connect to the old server via an SSH terminal
2. Run this command with cpanelusername being the username that you want to package and move
   
   
   /scripts/pkgacct cpanelusername

   1	/scripts/pkgacct cpanelusername

    

3. An FTP or SFTP client can be used to perform the transfer, or you can choose to do it with rsync from SSH via the following command
   
   
   rsync -vrplogDtH -e “ssh -p PORT#DESTSERVER” /home/cpmove-CPANELUSERNAME.tar.gz root@TARGETIP:/home/cpmove-CPANELUSERNAME.tar.gz

   1	rsync -vrplogDtH -e “ssh -p PORT#DESTSERVER” /home/cpmove-CPANELUSERNAME.tar.gz root@TARGETIP:/home/cpmove-CPANELUSERNAME.tar.gz

    

PORT#DESTSERVER – use the port number 22 or your custom port number

CPANELUSERNAME should be your cPanel username for your account and is normally in all lowercase

TARGETIP - IP of the server you’re moving to

After transferring, connect the destination server with an SSH terminal then run the following for each one of the accounts you wish to restore on the new server.

The filename of the backup must use one of the following formats:

cpmove-{USER}
cpmove-{USER}.tar
cpmove-{USER}.tar.gz
{USER}.tar
{USER}.tar.gz
backup-{BACKUP-DATE_TIME}_{USER}.tar
backup-{BACKUP-DATE_TIME}_{USER}.tar.gz

In order for this feature to work, the backup or cpmove file must reside in one of the following directories:

CPANELUSERNAME should be the cPanel username for your account and the account should not exist already. This is normally in all lowercase

Helpful Related Articles

• Hostwinds Migration Policy
• Transfer Email Accounts Between cPanel Servers
• How To Migrate Accounts From Another Non cPanel Environment
• What Is The Migration Process (Hostwinds)

Helpful Resources

• The restorepkg script