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How to Migrate a WordPress Site to ZC2® PaaS

How to Migrate a WordPress Site to ZC2® PaaS

This guide is intended to help with the smooth migration of WordPress websites to ZC2® Jelastic PaaS using pre-configured WordPress packages available in the marketplace. Follow the simple steps to make migration flow painless and secure.

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1. Access your Jelastic Dev Panel and create a new WordPress environment (cluster or standalone) from the Marketplace. Note that a clustered solution is available only for billing customers.

2. Log in to your application server via SSH and generate keypair with ssh-keygen command.

3. Output just generated public key with the command:

cat  .ssh/id_rsa.pub

Then select and copy its content to the clipboard with Ctrl+Shift+С (or Сmd +C) shortcut.

After that, add public key to the WordPress environment by pasting it from the clipboard.

4. Go to the admin panel of the source WordPress website. Find, install and activate Migrate Guru plugin.

5. Go to plugin’s tab, fill out the email field, accept the terms and press Migrate Site.

6. Choose the FTP protocol within the open page.

7. Then fill out the form choosing SFTP secure file transfer protocol.

Where :

  • Destination Site URL is a link to a new WordPress site (custom domain or default one provided by Jelastic after environment creation). As for our example, we have a domain: wordpress.my-jelastic-paas.jele.site.
  • SFTP protocol to ensure secure migration.
  • Destination Server IP/FTP Address and Port can be taken from the Host and Port fields at the Jelastic dashboard SSH access section.
  • FTP Username should be taken from the respective field with automatically generated Username which is 70-2 in our example.
  • SSH Key is a private RSA key you've generated at step 2. You can select and copy it from file .ssh/id_rsa of the user’s home directory via the terminal with Ctrl+Shift+С (or Cmd + C) shortcut at the destination environment.
  • Directory Path is a path where the WordPress application is installed. In Jelastic this is /var/www/webroot/ROOT/ directory.

Finally, scroll down and press the Migrate button.

8. After passing data validation, the migration procedure begins.

9. When the process is successfully completed, visit your website by clicking the Visit Migrated Site button.

That’s all! Enjoy your WordPress site performance and availability powered by ZC2® PaaS across a wide network of service providers worldwide. If your case requires a custom solution or you need assistance while migration, contact our support.

Author
Mark Grindey
Group CEO / MD

Mark Grindey is a dedicated professional with a strong passion for cloud computing and a mission to make it accessible to all. With a over a decades experience and a deep understanding of existing cloud technologies, Mark Grindey is constantly striving to improve and enhance these tools, ensuring that their benefits can be leveraged by businesses of all sizes.

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