{"id":993,"date":"2022-01-17T08:33:57","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T08:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2022\/01\/17\/5891034-how-to-migrate-a-website-from-cpanel-to-directadmin-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:09","slug":"5891034-how-to-migrate-a-website-from-cpanel-to-directadmin-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5891034-how-to-migrate-a-website-from-cpanel-to-directadmin-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Migrate a Website From cPanel to DirectAdmin at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"

DirectAdmin is one of the OS templates<\/a><\/b> available with our VPS plans<\/b>. In this article, we will go through the process of migrating your website from cPanel to Hostinger VPS with DirectAdmin. <\/p>

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Visit our DirectAdmin VPS hosting<\/a><\/b> page to learn more about the plans.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Step 1 – Generate a cPanel backup<\/h2>

Generate a full backup of your cPanel hosting by following this guide: Backup for cPanel<\/a><\/b>. Next, download the backup file to your local device by selecting it from the Account Backups<\/b> menu.<\/p>

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Step 2 – Upload the backup to your VPS<\/h2>
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    Upload the backup via an FTP client such as FileZilla<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Rename the newly uploaded backup to any username:
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    Step 3 – Restore the backup<\/h2>
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      Login to your VPS<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Navigate to the Admin Backup\/Transfer section and click on Restore<\/b>:
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      Choose the path <\/b>of your backup:
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      Select to Use the IP from the list<\/b>:
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      Mark the checkbox on the backup and click on the Restore <\/b>button:<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>

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      After the backup is restored, you can point your domain<\/a> <\/b>to your Hostinger VPS and install free Let’s Encrypt SSL via DirectAdmin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Migrating your website from cPanel to Hostinger\u2019s VPS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[228],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-migrating-to-vps"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5891034-how-to-migrate-a-website-from-cpanel-to-directadmin-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/5891034-comment-migrer-un-site-web-de-cpanel-vers-directadmin-chez-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/5891034-bagaimana-cara-migrasi-website-dari-cpanel-ke-directadmin-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/5891034-como-migrar-um-site-do-cpanel-para-directadmin-no-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/5891034-----cpanel--directadmin--hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=993"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4030,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/993\/revisions\/4030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}