discussion Guide cPanel Plesk How to Transfer Website Backups from Plesk Panel to cPanel – Step-by-Step Guide 2025

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🕸️ How to Transfer Website Backups from Plesk Panel to cPanel​

If you’re using a Plesk Panel server and want to migrate your websites to cPanel, this guide is for you!
You can use custom commands to create a fully compatible backup that works perfectly with cPanel’s restore system.

In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to generate a cPanel-compatible backup directly from Plesk (without relying on Plesk’s built-in backup manager).
Once done, you can provide this backup to your new hosting provider and easily import it into your cPanel hosting account.

📌 Note: This guide focuses on an automated and conversion-based backup method rather than a manual file copy.

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🔹Step 1: Connect to Your Server via SSH​

🔹Step 2: Download Required Files to the Server​

After connecting via SSH, navigate to the scripts directory using:

cd /scripts

Now, download the Plesk-to-cPanel conversion tool:

wget http://httpupdate.cpanel.net/cpanelsync/transfers_DEVEL/pkgacct/pkgacct-pXa

Make the file executable:

chmod +x pkgacct-pXa

🔹Step 3: Find the Website’s System Username in Plesk​

To back up a site from Plesk, you’ll need its system username.
This is the user assigned to the domain within Plesk and is required for the backup script.

To find your system username:
1️⃣ Log in to your Plesk Panel.
2️⃣ Go to Subscriptions.
3️⃣ Select your domain and open Hosting & DNS.
4️⃣ Under Hosting Settings, you’ll see the System User Information section where your username is listed.

⚠️ This username will be used in your SSH session and within the backup script.
Double-check that you’ve copied it correctly before proceeding.

🔹Step 4: Create a cPanel-Compatible Backup from Plesk​

Everything’s ready! Now we’ll generate a cPanel-compatible backup file of your Plesk website.

🧰 Run the command below to create the backup using the downloaded script:

/scripts/pkgacct-pXa hatalar

📌 Note: Replace hatalar with the Plesk system username you identified earlier.
The script will automatically package your website files, databases, and configurations into a .tar.gz file compatible with cPanel.

🔹Step 5: Where to Find Your Backup File​

After the process completes, your backup will be stored in the /home directory. For example:
/home/cpmove-hatalar.tar.gz

🌐 To download the backup to your computer:
1️⃣ Connect to your server via FTP using a client like FileZilla (with root credentials).
2️⃣ Navigate to the /home directory.
3️⃣ Download the cpmove-hatalar.tar.gz file to your desktop or a secure local folder.

✅ This backup is fully compatible with cPanel and can be directly restored by your new hosting provider.

 

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