2.4.2.2. Automatic site transfer between hosting accounts

The automatic transfer system allows:

• Transfer virtual hosts (site and its subdomains from the "My sites" section along with settings and SSL certificates) and associated mailboxes (along with messages) from one hosting account to another.
• Copy the contents of the selected site's directory or any of its subdirectories from one hosting account to another.
• Copy the contents of the selected database from one hosting account to the database of another.

You can select the components to transfer in any combination — for example, you can copy the contents of the site directory or the contents of the database without transferring virtual hosts and mailboxes.

1. Open the "Site transfer" section.
2. Click "Add request to transfer site".
3. Select the site to transfer, the destination hosting account and click "Next":
4. Select the components to transfer (for a full transfer, select all) and click "Transfer":
   • "Transfer virtual hosts and mailboxes" — enable to transfer virtual hosts (site and its subdomains from the "My sites" section) and associated mailboxes (along with messages).
   • "Copy files" — enable to copy the contents of the selected site's directory or any of its subdirectories:
     • "Source directory" — path to the directory in the source hosting account from where you want to copy the data. To copy the entire contents of the directory, leave the field blank.
     • "Destination directory" — path to the directory in the destination hosting account where you want to copy the contents of the source directory. You should specify an empty or nonexistent directory (it will be automatically created when copying). To preserve the original file structure, specify the same as specified in the source directory field (if it was empty, also leave it empty).
   • "Copy database" — enable to copy the contents of the selected database:
     • "Source database" — name of the database in the source hosting account whose contents you want to copy. The name of the database that the site uses can be found in the configuration file of this site in the database connection settings.
     • "Destination database" — name of the database in the destination hosting account to which you want to copy the contents of the source database. You should specify the name of a database that does not exist yet (it will be automatically created when copying).
5. Wait for the transfer to complete. The current status is displayed in the "Site transfer" section: in the source hosting account — in the "Outgoing requests" tab, in the destination hosting account — in the "Incoming requests" tab.
6. Important! Make the necessary changes on the transferred site:
   • Change the database connection settings in the site configuration file (see WordPress, Joomla!, OpenCart and ocStore, MODX, Drupal, PrestaShop, October, Magento, ImageCMS, Symfony, Laravel, Yii, Yii 2, CodeIgniter).
   • Correct the absolute paths if they are used on the site (see WordPress, Joomla!, OpenCart). The path to the site directory should look like /home/example/example.com/www, where example is the name of the hosting account, example.com/www is the path to the site root directory.
7. Check the site operation.