This article explains what is included and not included in the migration of a cPanel account between two servers.

When One&OnlyHost migrates a cPanel account to a new server, only cPanel settings (and any features configured within cPanel) are migrated.

Included in cPanel Migrations

The following settings and content are migrated:

• Website files and content

• Email accounts

• Email settings, including:

  • Email forwarders

  • Email filters

  • Spam filters

  • Mailing lists

  • Autoresponders

  • Email routing settings

• MySQL and PostgreSQL databases

• Cron jobs

• DNS settings

• Domain redirect configurations

• FTP accounts

• Backup settings

• Node.js, Python, and Ruby applications

• Applications installed through Softaculous

• SSL certificates

Important: Complete applications are only migrated to servers running CloudLinux (Shared, Reseller, and Managed WordPress accounts). Migrations to VPS and Dedicated servers include application files, but the applications themselves are not set up automatically on the new server.

Not Included in cPanel Migrations

The migration does not include any configurations or installations completed outside of cPanel. This includes:

• IP addresses and server network configuration

• Apache and PHP configuration files (e.g., httpd.conf)

• Firewall configurations

• MySQL service configuration file (my.cnf)

• Any files or configurations made by the root user

• Server packages and software installed by the root user

• Server Rewind backups (applies only to Shared, Reseller, and Managed WordPress accounts)

• Two-factor authentication (you will need to reconfigure this in cPanel to generate new keys)

Note: If you have any questions about what is or is not included during a cPanel migration, please open a support ticket with our team.