Import from demoserver to production.

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Question: I have created a WordPress website for my client on the demoserver. How can I move this website to my reseller hosting Plesk account?

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Introduction :

At WebHosting|4U, with every reseller hosting account, you have access to a Plesk demoserver, identical to the one you have purchased for your website development needs.

On this demoserver, you make your tests, create pages or whatever you want without worrying about breaking something on the production server or wasting space on the disk with files you don't need.

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HINT: Ideally, we want to create a page or make our tests on a different domain from the production one.

Instructions for demo > production migration :

On the demo.webhosting4u.gr Plesk demoserver, you have created your client's website. You have tested it, completed all the tasks, and are ready to move it to your client's production hosting account.

#1 > Create the domain on the production Plesk server

Assuming we have created a page at demo.mydomainA.gr while the production domain is domainB.gr.

We create the domain intended to be placed on the production Plesk server.

To create it, we click Add Domain > Blank Website > specify the domain.

We click Add Domain.
The domain was created on the production server.

#2 > Import website to production server.

On the domain we created, we find the "WebSite Importing" tool and open it.

In the Source domain name field, we specify the subdomain where we have created our website and it is located on the demoserver.

The Plesk tool can bring files and database using the credentials of a domain.

From the demoserver, we need the system_user login.
The credentials are found from websites & domains > connection info.

So, in the username & password fields, we enter the system_user credentials we found on the demoserver.
We click OK

Immediately after, the tool will recognize our website's CMS, e.g. WordPress or Prestashop, will show us the path it found, and the "Ready for import" indicator will appear.

We select the instance that was recognized and click import.

Depending on the size of the website, the completion time varies.

The tool will import the database and create the URLs simultaneously if the import is for one of the following CMS.\

• WordPress\
• Joomla\
• Drupal\
• PrestaShop
  If it's not one of the above, the import must be done manually.