01 / Accounts and customers / B.04How it works
B.04

Hosting account migrations

Migrate hosting accounts straight from the panel: between your own servers, from a remote panel, over FTP or over SSH. Each method follows its own step plan. You watch the move live, with speed, time left and the steps already done, and if it stops you can see exactly where.

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app.ctapanel.com/transfersTransfers1 running · 1 queuedNew transferRouteMethodProgressSpeedStatefra02 → ams01within fleet62%118 Mbpsrunningeski-panel → web01.fraremote panel0%—queuedftp.eskihost → ist01FTP100%94 Mbpsdonefra02 → ams01 · step plan~14 min leftPrecheckBackupPackageCopyRestoreDNSVerifyWhile one transfer runs the next one queues: concurrent transfers would eat the server’s bandwidth and slow both down.01020304
  1. 01Four methodsWithin fleet, remote panel, FTP, SSH. Remote panels on their own port: cPanel 2087, Plesk 8443, DA 2222.
  2. 02Live progressProgress, speed and ETA update live, with the current step shown separately.
  3. 03A plan per methodA move within the fleet runs seven steps, precheck to verify; the current one is marked.
  4. 04One at a timeWhile one transfer runs the next one queues, so two copies don’t split the bandwidth.
Fig. 02 — Hosting account migrations
03 / What it does5 points

What it does.

Taking over customers from another host shouldn’t mean asking the other side to open SSH for you, so the panel connects on the remote panel’s own port. If a transfer stops, you see which step it stopped on, the reason is in the log, and you start it again. A second migration waits in the queue instead of running alongside the first. Two copies never share one line and slow each other down.

  1. Four methods: within the fleet, from a remote panel, FTP and SSH. Remote panel connections use the panel’s own port: cPanel 2087, Plesk 8443, DirectAdmin 2222.

  2. Each method has its own step plan. A move within the fleet runs precheck, backup, package, copy, restore, DNS and verify.

  3. Progress, speed and time left update live, with the current step and its state shown separately.

  4. While one transfer runs, the next waits in the queue, because concurrent transfers would eat the server’s bandwidth.

  5. Cancelled or failed transfers can be requeued from the start; progress resets and the reason goes into the log.

04 / Panel-by-panel support3 / 4 panels

Which panels support it?

Capability Account transfer and import

  • yesManaged from the panel
  • yesManaged from the panel
  • yesManaged from the panel
  • noNot possible on that panel

Servers without a control panel have no account, reseller or mailbox management, because those come from the panel itself. Firewall, DNS, services and the terminal work over SSH. See the full table

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