This article provides you with steps to migrate cPanel to Plesk Obsideon for Linux.

 

 

Preparation for cPanel to Plesk migration

Contact 1-grid Support to assist with placing your order for the Plesk package you will be moving to. The package will be offered free for one month which will allow you enough time to migrate your data across.

 

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 Backup Website files on cPanel

 

Step 1– Login to cPanel

• Please see our article on logging into cPanel here.

 

 

Step 2 – Click on File Manager under your Files section.

 

 

Step 3 – Compress your website folder.

 

 

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Export database on cPanel

 

Step 1 – Click on phpMyAdmin  in the databases section 

 

 

 

Step 2 – Click on the database you are working within the left menu

 

 

 

Step 3 – Click Export in the tabs along the top of the screen.

 

 

Step 4 – Select Quick Method and click Go to export.

 

 

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Upload website files to Plesk

Step 1– Login to Plesk.

• Login with username and password received when you completed your subscription.

Step 2– Go to Domains -> File Manager.

Step 3– Select httpdocs then click Upload file

• Upload the previously downloaded backup you made on your cPanel.

• Once the upload completes, select the uploaded file and click extract files

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Import database to Plesk

Step 1– Click on Databases

 

 

Step 2– Click on Add Database

Step 3– Complete Database details and click Save

 

Step 4 – Click on Import Dump and select your Database

• Import your previously downloaded Mysql database from cPanel

 

 

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Email Migration

Due to cPanel and Plesk being two different environments it’s not possible to migrate the emails on server side. The only way to do this is to use IMAP sync. Below are the steps on how to do this.

• First make a backup of Outlook emails to make sure there’s no data loss.

Step 1 – Open Outlook and click on file.

Step 2 – Select Open&Export and click Import /Export.

Step 3 – Click Export to File then Outlook Data File (.pst)

 

Step 4 – Select the email address you wich to beackup and select Next.

Step 4 – Choose the location to save the backup and click finish.

• Migrate Emails using the IMAP method

Follow there steps: https://sites.1grid.co.za/knowledge/how-to-migrate-your-email-using-imap/