How to migrate a website from one hosting plan to another within Rucenter
1. Preparing backups
Before migration, prepare the following backups:
1. Website files
The root directory of the website is the your_domain/docs folder.
Website files can be copied using:
2. Database (if used by the website)
See the article MySQL Database Dump.
3. Email (if you use Rucenter mail services)
You can download all emails using an email client via the IMAP protocol, and then synchronize them with a new mailbox with the same name on the new hosting. See the instructions for configuring email clients.
2. Removing the domain from the old hosting
To migrate a website from one hosting plan to another, you must first remove the domain from the old hosting in the following sections:
- Websites → Your_Domain (the website files are not deleted);
- Mail → Your_Domain → Settings.
After that, you can proceed with transferring the website files and the mail domain.
3. Migrating the website to the new hosting
1. Adding the domain to the hosting
On the new hosting, create:
- a website in the Websites section;
- a mail server in the Mail section (if you use Rucenter mail services).
2. Transferring website files
The website files must be placed in the docs folder, for example: /home/login/Your_Domain/docs,
where login is the hosting identifier, Your_Domain is the website name, and docs is the folder for storing website files.
Website files can be transferred using:
3. Transferring the database (if used by the website)
See the article MySQL Database Dump.
After importing the database dump, you should register new settings for connecting to the database in the site configuration file.