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Transfer web data to Infomaniak
This guide explains how to transfer to Infomaniak web data (website, FTP, databases) currently hosted elsewhere, with another provider for example.
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Prerequisites
- have an Infomaniak web hosting (order if necessary)
- add a new website on Infomaniak hosting
Specific Guides
Click on the link corresponding to the data to be transferred:
Guides for any other host
To retrieve any other site, follow the procedure below.
1. Retrieve Web Data
a. HTML, PHP files, etc. via FTP
To retrieve web data on your hard drive, you need to connect via FTP with a free software like Filezilla. To do this, you need the server address from the host, the FTP username, and password.
- open an FTP software like Filezilla
- connect to the server with FTP information
- download files corresponding to your site to your hard drive
b. MySQL database export
Unless your site is static and simply in HTML, a dynamic site most often requires databases that need to be exported from their management interface, usually PHPmyAdmin:
- log in to your current provider's Control Panel from a web browser like Brave or Firefox
- access PHPMyAdmin
- connect to the server with MySQL information
- click on Export to set up database export and download your SQL data to your hard drive
2. Send Web Data to Infomaniak
a. HTML, PHP files, etc. via FTP
Access Infomaniak Web hosting and activate FTP:
- log in to Infomaniak Manager (manager.infomaniak.com) from a web browser like Brave or Firefox
- click on the icon in the upper right corner of the interface (or navigate using the left side menu for example)
- choose Hosting (Web & Domain universe)
- directly click on the name of the hosting in question in the displayed table
- click on FTP / SSH in the left side menu
- click on the Add button to create a new FTP / SSH account
- open an FTP software like Filezilla
- connect to the Infomaniak server with FTP information obtained in step 6 above
- transfer files from the hard drive (obtained in step 1.a.2) to the server in the folder corresponding to your Infomaniak site
b. MySQL database import
Access Infomaniak Web hosting and activate MySQL:
- log in to Infomaniak Manager (manager.infomaniak.com) from a web browser like Brave or Firefox
- click on the icon in the upper right corner of the interface (or navigate using the left side menu for example)
- choose Hosting (Web & Domain universe)
- directly click on the name of the hosting in question in the displayed table
- click on Databases in the left side menu
- click on the Add button
- enter a database name after the already filled prefix
- check the box to Create an associated user
- enter a username after the already filled prefix
- enter a password
- click Validate
- click the blue button Import
- click Select a file
- select SQL files on the hard drive (obtained in step 1.b.4)
- choose the created database in step 7 above as the destination
- click the blue button Import
c. adapt the site for the new infrastructure
If you use an application like WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, or another web application (ownCloud, phpBB, etc.) using a database, adjust the following information in the appropriate configuration file based on the information available on the Manager to make your site work:
- the database name
- the database server
- the username accessing the database
- the password of the username accessing the database
Guides to adapt the configuration file: WordPress and Joomla
Learn More
- recreate an editable website without retrieving your data
- make sure the domain redirects traffic to Infomaniak
- switch hosting to Infomaniak