Tips To Move Your Web hosting
By Admin
Desember 04, 2007
Do you want to
move your domain to other web hosting company? Find at this page tutorials
how to do it.
Step 1: planning
You better start planning moving at least a week or two before account in
your old place expired. So you have enough time to: 1) registering process
in new place (generally 1-3 work days); 2) script/ application web
adjustment with new server environment; 3) NS exchange (1-2 days until all
refresh).
If your place account too nearly expired, maybe better you extend hosting
time in your old place first at least a month , except you doesn't care
there will be several days downtime ( example : your account is expired
and your website can not access ).
Your attention necessary also given to your domain validity. Better your
domain not expired or nearly expired, so as to easy in contact or DSN
exchange. Most important for .id domain, because payment process to extend
until activation domain need time at least 1-2 work days (if run smooth).
Step 2: register in new place
Some thing need attention here is: you choose big packet that appropriate
with your website capacity. Beside html file size and the picture it self,
calculate it mailbox e-mail size, database, and log file (that can be big in
size) is necessary also. There are some hosting place that calculate log
file in quota, so it possible when you move to new hosting place the file be
unloading even so packet/quota size is same.
In MWN, log file we not calculate in quota you don�t worry about it.
What need your attention again is finishing all administration matters so
your new account will not disable again in short time (make second down
time, that will angered your visitor).
Step 3: upload & script adjustment
Next step, after you get access account in new place, is uploading your
website or move your website content from old place to new place. Then
adjustment scripts if necessary, so it run smooth in new place. Then make
e-mail account like support@, info@, etc. Don't forget to make data base and
fill it with content from old place. In essential, we make anything run
first in new place. Generally a new hosting place will provide temporary URL
(ex.: http://yourhosting.com.temp.yournewwebhosting.com/) that you can use to see your
web site without using it original address (http://www.yourhosting.com/).
Several thing need adjustment or attention is : different path between old
server and new server, different software version like perl and PHP, not
installed yet perl modul or other library which needed, different time zone
in server, etc.
Step 4: NS exchange
This step will trough last after all ready in new place. Generally this is
will do by your self (or you can also ask help to your old hosting place).
What you need to understand is that this process need time till 48 hours
maximum till it completely effective.
Example: a visitor accesses your web site, still heading to your old hosting
place. Then you did NS exchange. But this visitor only can see that NS has
changed until 48 hours long, that is till software revolver DNS in it ISP
refresh it cache. This cache DNS have no connection with cache browser but
cache DNS, so even your visitor press refresh/reload in their browser, still
they will see old place.
As a note, DNS MWN to all account in all servers is:
DNS1.MASTERWEBNET.COM
DNS2.MASTERWEBNET.COM
DNS3.MASTERWEBNET.COM
DNS4.MASTERWEBNET.COM
To help move faster/ lowest this cache time, you can change a record in DNS
your old hosting place so your website IP
change it IP to new server IP. In MWN this probably to do, so if you
supposing to move from MWN, refresh process will faster.
Conclusion
Generally all move process need time in days, not hours. Because of that
need enough planning and not too swiftly. New hosting place also can help so
your move process smooth.
(writed by Steven Haryanto)