Copying scripts to new server
 

I've got a bit of custom scripts and purchased ones like TGPX running on a server of mine and looking to move it to another provider ASAP.

When it comes to this kind of stuff, I don't know what I'm doing so looking for any advice :winkwink:

Obviously there are passwords setup and lots of data in MySQL or flat files, but how "easy" would it be to move everything from point A to point B?

I hired someone to do it, they said 2-3 days... that was at the beginning of the month and now I need to have it done before EOD tomorrow or I get billed again.

if your not using control panels where backups can be made and restored its going to be a bitch to do lots of manual work :2 cents::2 cents:

A good hosting company will move it for you.

I moved my sites to hostgator :anon

They are just project sites, so I dont want to continue to pay $200/mo. for a server on sites generating $0

It depend what exactly you move-for example,for me easiest is when i complete data from one dedicated server to another fresh dedicated server-I just do either rsync over ssh or i first archive files in tar.gz files and then transfer.That depend on howmuch files you have in directories - if there is tons of files,then it's better to archive directory first,as with rsync would take ages to move when there is a lot of files.
But potencial problem with archiving,then you need to pay attention on avalaible hard drive space on server,since if there is not enough space to make archive then you are forced to rysnc.And the reason what is good on transfering from server to new server - is very easy way to transfer mysql databases - all you had to do is to copy /var/lib/mysql directory and archive it,and then extract it on new server and you get automaticly transfered all users and databases then compared to when manualy exporting and importing databases with tools like mysqldump or phpmyadmin.But using that is requied in case when you dont transfer sites to completely new server.
Also i would recommend for exporting databases to use instead phpmyadmin or mysqldump script adminer,which have feature which can import a database from server.

And finaly,if you transfering sites from server where ssh is not avalaible,just make sure you are able to make archive there as transfering from ftp to computer computer to ftp is worse then doing rsync.

Hit up Borked for this. He is the man.

You can copy over, but will likely need to change the configuration.

set up domains on new host,
move all files accordingly.
then

do

grep -rl 'localhost' .

last time i moved my host ,there was 5 minutes or less of downtime

I would have dropped the way3 but im not sure if he does shared, cloud or whatever for much less cost then dedi. But he is the man that can accomplish anything server side.

Worth an email to him and ask. Just go to site name .com and find the contact button.