Question
How to transfer files from Digital Ocean's server to a new server
- Posted on May 14, 2021
- WordPress
Asked by therealdevinreilly
I know very little about websites, so I just purchased a new hosting service to maintain my website for me. However, I did things in the wrong order, switching the domain server before I transferred the files. Now I can’t see my old website, and don’t want to start from scratch on the new server. Tech support for the new service told me I can download my files off the Digital Ocean server and then upload them on the new server. Can anyone tell me how to download my website files from Digital Ocean?
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Hello, @therealdevinreilly
You can switch the DNS back and point the domain name to your DigitalOcean droplet until the migration is completed.
You can transfer your files via sFTP using FileZilla or via ssh using rsync or scp. You can check the following articles as well:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-sftp-to-securely-transfer-files-with-a-remote-server
https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/transfer-files/
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-copy-files-with-rsync-over-ssh
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-rsync-to-sync-local-and-remote-directories
Regards, Alex