How to switch hosts without having
any down time
Switching to a new host can be a
very smooth process or it can be
very complicated. Following our
steps will ensure that your move
is a painless one. There are
additional steps required should
you need to move any mysql db's
that we will not cover here.
- The first step is to find
the new host you want to be
with and join them. Make sure
not to cancel with your old
hosting provider, and do not
tell them you will be canceling.
For the time being, switching
host needs to be kept a secret
from them, or they could terminate
your site early and cause downtime.
- At this point you should
have hosting accounts with two
hosting providers the old and
the new one. You will now upload
your entire site from the old
host to the new one. This can
be done by connecting to their
ftp and downloading all your
files. Then connecting to the
new hosts ftp and uploading
all your files. Sometime a server
to server transfer can be initiated
with some ftp clients. If you
choose to make
Puppy Power Hosting your
new host we will transfer your
entire public html part of your
site over free of charge!
- After you have all your
files on both hosting accounts
you will change your domain
names dns. Your new host should
have provided you with their
domain name servers (dns). If
they haven't contact them to
find out what dns you should
use for your domain name.
Dns usually looks like this:
ns1.thehostsnames.com
ns2.thehostsnames.com
Once you know what dns to use
on your domain name you will
go to wherever you purchased
the domain name from to make
the changes. If you purchased
your domain name from your host
you usually will need to ask
them to make the dns changes
for you. You will tell them
this.... "Hello my domain with
you is ____ my username is ___
and my password _____ please
change my domain names dns to
ns1.yournewhosts.com
and ns2.yournewhosts.com
If you have any questions we
would be more then happy to
help you, or even make the dns
changes for you.
- You should also make a note
of the ip address of your
old host's email server if you
use thier server for email.
You can then replace this value
for your pop email address in
your mail client to ensure mail
is not lost while waiting for
dns propagation.
- Once your dns changes have
been made you will need to wait
two days before your site will
load off the new host. During
this two day period your dns
is proprogating the world wide,
and your site will be bouncing
from the old host to the new
host every other minute randomly.
Once the two or three days is
up your site will only be loading
off the new host.
- 48-72 hours should have
passed now since you have updated
your dns. You will need to make
sure you have downloaded any
email from their server with
the ip address you got earlier.
If everything went smooth with
the changeover you will now
contact your host you were moving
from and cancel your account
with them along with setting
up any email accounts you have
with the new server info.
If you completed all the above
steps you have successfully switched
hosts, with no downtime at all!
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