{"id":1190,"date":"2026-04-23T08:11:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/?p=1190"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:46:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:46:50","slug":"moving-your-website-from-one-jcp-server-to-another","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/moving-your-website-from-one-jcp-server-to-another\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving your website from one JCP Server to another"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With Jolt Control Panel, you can have multiple Servers in the panel for different sites. Thus, you may want to migrate a site between Scout servers e.g making a copy of your site to your other server as a backup. This guide walks you through the full process, including prerequisites, access setup, and the import workflow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Prerequisites<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Before beginning the migration, ensure you have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Access to the Jolt Control Panel for both the source and destination accounts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Access to <strong>your domain DNS<\/strong> (required for DNS updates after migration)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Note the destination and source server names<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"285\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/image-25-1024x285.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1195\" style=\"width:643px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/image-25-1024x285.png 1024w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/image-25-300x83.png 300w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/image-25-768x213.png 768w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/image-25-770x214.png 770w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/image-25.png 1472w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Setting Up Access on the Source Scout Account<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While logged into the <strong>JCP account that currently hosts the site<\/strong>s, complete the following steps to allow the destination server to import the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PART A:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Navigate to <strong>Sites<\/strong> and click the <strong>Settings<\/strong> button for the site you want to migrate to, then select import <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Select migration type as JCP to first get the SSH public key and copy the key. Then click cancel to go back.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"821\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/image-28.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1192\" style=\"width:301px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/image-28.png 821w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/image-28-300x282.png 300w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/image-28-768x722.png 768w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/image-28-770x724.png 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 821px) 100vw, 821px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>PART B:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Navigate to <strong>Sites<\/strong> and click the <strong>Settings<\/strong> button for the site you want to migrate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open the <strong>Files<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scroll down to <strong>Key management<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paste the <strong>public key<\/strong> provided by the destination Scout server into the <strong>Public key<\/strong> field.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Authorize key<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make a note of the <strong>IP address<\/strong> and <strong>Username<\/strong> shown in the <strong>Overview<\/strong> section \u2014 you will need these when initiating the import.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/image-29-1024x423.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1191\" style=\"width:453px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/image-29-1024x423.png 1024w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/image-29-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/image-29-768x318.png 768w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/image-29-770x318.png 770w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/image-29.png 1098w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Importing the Site on the Destination Scout Server<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Once access is configured on the source server, switch to the <strong>destination Site account again<\/strong> where you want the site to be imported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Navigate to <strong>Sites<\/strong> and choose <strong>Import Site<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <strong>Scout <\/strong>as the import method.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>&#8216;I&#8217;ve added the key&#8217; <\/strong>Button<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter the following details from the source server:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Server IP address<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Username<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tick the <strong>I am happy to proceed with the import&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Confirm the import and allow the migration tool to complete the process.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Jolt Control Panel, you can have multiple Servers in the panel for different sites. Thus, you may want to migrate a site between Scout servers e.g making a copy of your site to your other server as a backup. This guide walks you through the full process, including prerequisites,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-our-control-panel","category-servers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1190"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1221,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190\/revisions\/1221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}