Cpanel Customers Migrating To Directadmin

[Joe]

If you're a new customer, coming to DirectAdmin from a cPanel server - now we can make your transition a LOT smoother!

HostPC will convert your cPanel backups to working DirectAdmin sites at NO CHARGE. This makes your transition between control panels MUCH smoother, and best of all - we'll help you out FREE!

Simply download a backup created in cPanel from your current host.

Sign up for an account here at HostPC

Once your account is setup, upload your backup file to the /public_html directory

Open a helpdesk ticket, ask us to run the conversion script

Bingo, done - you should be up and running as soon as the conversion is complete and you update your DNS!


Another way we make it easier to join the HostPC.com family! Thanks - and welcome to DirectAdmin at HostPC!


Joe

[djlightspin]

How do you do this?
Is this available for resellers to (who want to offer it to their clients)?

Thanks,
Eliav

[randomcomputers]

Is this still availabe? And would you do it one time for existing HostPC customers?

I have been with HostPC for a long time, but am now for the first time in need of help getting a user account from cPanel moved to the HostPC DirectAdmin side of things...

[solidghost]

Good! Now at least it will give cpanel users a little peace of mind if you want to transfer their account to HostPC.

[canreo]

I'm not sure if posting your backup file in the /public_html/ folder is a good idea. Since it is an unprotected backup, during the time that it is located in that folder it is susceptible to being downloaded and opened. All of your MySQL databases, database passwords and other info can be read. For those who store sensitive data, such as credit cards, customer info, etc, this is not good.

Also, if left long enough, automated bots which specifically target compressed (.zip, .gz. tgz) files, such as the Google Code Search bot (www.google.com/codesearch) would make your code publicly accessible.

I think a better approach would be to create a "backup" folder in the root folder (rather than in the /public_html/ folder) and place your CPanel backup in there.

Joe, please correct me if I'm wrong on this.

[admin]

Absolutely, uploading to a non-web accessible directory is best, however by default directory browsing is off - so someone would need to know the filename directly to access it.

Safe - yes, for the most part, especially since we do these pretty quick, but for ultimate safety, upload to a non-web accessible directory (one before /public_html)