In my Last article I have shown you how to create backup archive of all the files and folders of your website.
Transfer Your Website to a New Hosting (Part-1)
In this article I will show your how to create a Database back up of your website.
- First log in to your cPanel and you will find a "Database" section. Click on the "phpMyAdmin" Icon and it will redirect you to your mysql database. Here you will find the database of your website. If you have only one website in this hosting, you will find in the left panel the only one database. If you hosting multiple website, you will see all the database of other website. Look for the database you want to backup and click on it.
- After selecting you desired database in the right panel all the row and data will display. In the right panel tool bar you will find a button named "Export" . Click there and you selected database will prepare to make a backup. Just go for it. This process will save a notepad file with a .sql extension.
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This is the full database back up of you website. Now you just have upload this file to your new mysql of your hosting and configure it properly to run your website.
In my next article I will show you the how to upload website files and back up database. Enjoy!