How to manually transfer all accounts using pkgacct and restorepkg?

Question

How do I manually transfer all accounts using pkgacct and restorepkg?

Answer

1. Create a directory or mount a drive to the system. In this example, we'll use the mount point /transferdata/

# mkdir /transferdata

2. Run the following to create a backup on all accounts and place that backup into /transferdata.

# for x in `ls -1 /var/cpanel/users`; do /scripts/pkgacct $x /transferdata; done

3. Once the accounts have been backed up, move the backups to the new server. Move over your mounted drive to the new system, or transfer the files via a protocol such as SFTP or SCP.

Warning: Please replace $PortNumber with your SSH port.

# scp -r -P $PortNumber /transferdata root@server-ip:/transferdata

4. On the destination server, login as the root user and run the restorepkg script.

# cd /restoredata
for x in cpmove*.tar.gz; do /scripts/restorepkg --force $x ; done