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How to Migrate your Website at PlanetHoster

This article explains how to copy your site from another host to PlanetHoster.

Note : The PlanetHoster Glossary contains explanations on multiple topics and can be consulted to clarify certain terms.

Prerequisites

Enter the following address in your web browserhttps://my.planethoster.com.

Steps to Follow

  1. Copy your files from your current hosting to your computer via FTP. If necessary, please refer to your hosting provider’s documentation or to our articles explaining how to migrate a website to PlanetHoster:
  1. Copy these files via FTP to your hosting in the public_html folder for your main domain.

If it is for a site other than your main domain, you will first need to add the domain as an additional domain with the MG panel. For another panel, you will have to add an additional domain name on an account. Once you have done that, you will need to put your files in the root folder of your site.

  1. With the MG panel, export your database to your computer from your PhpMyAdmin utility on your current hosting. If you do not use the MG panel, you have to export the database with another panel. If necessary, please refer to your hosting provider’s documentation or to our articles explaining how to migrate a website to PlanetHoster:
  2. With the MG panel, create a database on your hosting. If you do not use the MG panel, you have to create the database with another panel.

Please make a note of the database name, user name and password you have chosen, so that you can recreate the connection in step 6.

  1. Import the previously exported database into your new database.
  2. Modify the database connection file parameters duly noted in step 4.
  1. Recreate your email accounts by copying the emails from an IMAP server to a PlanetHoster server.
  2. Once you have done that, change your domain servers to PlanetHoster’s.
Updated on 10 October 2024

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