cPanel on AWS - data retention

osvi

• January 22, 2019 04:00

Hello, I wonder how does it work cPanel over AWS, using the official supported AMI. Since EC2 disks are volatile, is cPanel resetted if I stop and restart a server? Is it possible to change instance type after the installation (for more CPU/RAM)? Thank you!

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  cPanelLauren

  • January 23, 2019 19:21

  Hi @osvi You can read our documentation on Amazon AWS Instances here: Amazon AWS Guide - cPanel Knowledge Base - cPanel Documentation Please let us know if you have further questions once going through the guide. Thanks!

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  osvi

  • February 05, 2019 09:58

  Hi Lauren, from the documentation it is not clear where the data is stored, nor if it is possible to migrate between instance types. Thank you!

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  cPanelMichael

  • February 08, 2019 15:46

  Hello @osvi, Good questions! 1. As you can see in the image below, "Shutdown Behavior" is set to "Stop" instead of "Terminate" by default when setting up the AMI: Thus, stopping or rebooting the server should not terminate the instance or result in data loss unless you configure "Terminate" as the shutdown behavior. 2. Changing the instance type is known as resizing. Amazon documents how this works at:

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