Question
Migrate WordPress on Webmin with all data ?
- Posted on November 9, 2022
- CommunityUbuntu 20.04WordPress
Asked by 3093a2c8f8754064b8f588ac1c017
Hello,
I would like to have some information please, I have installed WordPress manually via Ubuntu 20.04 with the Contabo VPS.
I would like to know if it is possible to migrate my WordPress website without losing my data (plugins etc…) on Webmin? Knowing that I don’t have any WordPress files since everything is on the Ubuntu server.
If it is possible, can you please tell me how to do it?
Thanks in advance.
Sincerely,
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Hi @3093a2c8f8754064b8f588ac1c017,
Yes, it’s possible.
When talking about migrations, before you start migrating your websites you’ll need to configure everything else.
General
We have a series of tutorials that cover the process of migrating from one Linux server to another which you can check here:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorial_series/how-to-migrate-to-a-new-linux-server
In general, depending on your site/application you will need to spin up a droplet that matches your current hosting provider environment or at least is suitable for your app/site needs (e.g running the same PHP version). Then you need to migrate your data (files, users, database and etc).
LAMP/LEMP setup
You can follow this tutorial for a LEMP setup: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-nginx-mysql-php-lemp-stack-on-ubuntu-22-04
You can follow this tutorial for a LAMP setup: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-apache-mysql-php-lamp-stack-on-ubuntu-22-04
CMS(WordPress)
Additionally, if you are using WordPress as a CMS, you can use the WP All in One plugin or Duplicator to migrate all of your WordPress websites.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-migration/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/
You’ll still need to follow the LEMP or LAMP stack tutorials before starting with WordPress
Direct Transfer
If you have to move some of the data manually you can do that via ssh using scp or rsync. Another option is to use an FTP client like FileZilla
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-copy-files-with-rsync-over-ssh
https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/transfer-files/
MarketPlace
Lastly, you can check the Marketplace
https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/
For any preprepared Droplets that might be of help for you
Hope this helps!
Hello there,
In order to fully migrate a WordPress site you’ll need to export the files (wp-content will be the main and most important directory) and also export the database and move them to the new server.
You can check this question which was previously asked in our community
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/how-to-move-migrate-wordpress-site-to-do
Regards