Import from another host

Import from another host copies your website files and databases straight from your old server into this account. Nothing changes on the old server. Copies run in the background; the page shows when they are done. To bring over email, use Import mail; the page links to it under Moving email?.

Where: Control Panel › Files › Import from another host

Copy website files

1. In Website files, choose the website in Copy into website.
2. Choose the Connection: FTP, FTP with TLS (FTPS) or SFTP (SSH).
3. Enter the Port if it is not the usual one (21 for FTP, 22 for SFTP).
4. Enter the Old server name, for example ftp.oldhost.com, and the Login and Password.
5. In Folder on the old server, enter the folder to copy, for example public_html. Everything in it is copied into the website's folder here.
6. Click Copy files.

Copy a database

1. Create an empty database first under MySQL databases.
2. In Database, choose it in Copy into database. Tables with the same names are replaced.
3. Enter the Old database server (for example mysql.oldhost.com), the Port (default 3306), the Database name there, the Database user and the Password.
4. Click Copy database.

Important: the old host must allow remote MySQL connections from this server; the screen shows this server's IP address. If it doesn't, export a .sql file there and import it under MySQL databases.

When the copy finishes, update your website's settings file with the new database name, user and password.

Follow the copies

The Copies table lists your last 20 copies: What, From, Into, Status (Waiting, Copying…, Done or Failed) and the Result. While a copy is waiting or running, the table updates every few seconds.

Related

• Import mail
• Backups
• MySQL databases
• FTP accounts