As a Reseller, I want the ability to easily merge multiple cPanel accounts and their addon/parked domains into a single cPanel account, so that I can easily consolidate multiple accounts.
The functionality being requested is the ability to merge multiple cPanel accounts into a single cPanel account with one or more addon domains.
Are there any suggestions for how we should implement this?
Also how should we handle the following:
- Mail in the primary email account of the cPanel account that is being merged into another account?
- Website scripts that will break because they were configured with that old cPanel user's username rather than a virtual user (e.g. authenticating into MySQL using cPanel credentials rather than using the credentials of a MySQL account created via cPanel).
- Additional FTP accounts @old-account because @addon-domain logins for FTP are not currently supported.
Database names would not be an issue on a server where prefixing is disabled (possible in 11.28 and later) since they can simply remain intact.
At this point our focus is just on handling the cPanel side of things (e.g. moving databases handling stats). This functionality will be implemented under the assumption that both accounts to be merged are hosted on the same server already.
Any script-specific changes that need performed (such as updating the URL in wp_options otherwise WordPress will not fully function) will not be handled by this functionality.
For others reading this thread since both accounts are on the same server the situation where some databases have a username prefix and others lacking that prefix on a server that has disabled mandatory prefixing shouldn't be an issue.
This is a feature that has been migrated over from the cPanel Forums. All previous comments and discussions concerning this feature can be located at:
http://forums.cpanel.net/f145/merge-multiple-cpanel-accounts-170790.html
I like this idea 
There are quite a few requests for the other direction - taking an Addon Domain and promoting to it's own account (http://features.cpanel.net/responses/as-a-reseller-i-want-a-tool-that-allows-me-to-easily-convert-local-addon-domains-into-their-own-cpanel-accounts-so-that-i-can-easily-split-accounts-with-ex)
There are quite a few requests for the other direction - taking an Addon Domain and promoting to it's own account (http://features.cpanel.net/responses/as-a-reseller-i-want-a-tool-that-allows-me-to-easily-convert-local-addon-domains-into-their-own-cpanel-accounts-so-that-i-can-easily-split-accounts-with-ex)
Both directions are important to us. From primary to addon and from addon to primary :)
Both directions are important to us. From primary to addon and from addon to primary :)
This would most likely be the ability to move a domain from its own cPanel account to become an addon of another. The opposite has been completed for cPanel 56.
There could be some complications. What if the account to merge has addons/parks of its own? Park domains should migrate, and addons should migrate as well. Once those are moved, the main domain can move. Its just a matter of the mechanics of the merge.
I am thinking that the account should be backed up first so that the process can be reverted.
This would most likely be the ability to move a domain from its own cPanel account to become an addon of another. The opposite has been completed for cPanel 56.
There could be some complications. What if the account to merge has addons/parks of its own? Park domains should migrate, and addons should migrate as well. Once those are moved, the main domain can move. Its just a matter of the mechanics of the merge.
I am thinking that the account should be backed up first so that the process can be reverted.
Has this driven any attention? It would be great to be able to convert addon domains to independent accounts and vice versa. Some clients sometimes have two accounts and want to merge everything ot the same thing the other way round.
Could we please have some feedback for this feature request?
Has this driven any attention? It would be great to be able to convert addon domains to independent accounts and vice versa. Some clients sometimes have two accounts and want to merge everything ot the same thing the other way round.
Could we please have some feedback for this feature request?
Also voting for this, for the same reason. I had each of my domains set up on separate accounts for security purposes, but with the new pricing changes, that's no longer practical. If cPanel can implement this feature, the merge process I'm currently undertaking would go a whole lot faster.
Also voting for this, for the same reason. I had each of my domains set up on separate accounts for security purposes, but with the new pricing changes, that's no longer practical. If cPanel can implement this feature, the merge process I'm currently undertaking would go a whole lot faster.
With the recent price changes, we have plenty of requests from our clients to migrate full cpanel accounts into addon domains of another cpanel account.
This is rather a lot of work and this feature would be very useful.
With the recent price changes, we have plenty of requests from our clients to migrate full cpanel accounts into addon domains of another cpanel account.
This is rather a lot of work and this feature would be very useful.
The recent price changes make this necessary for small resellers with between 30 and 45 accounts otherwise reselling is not viable. I have several of my own domains which could easily become addons to the primary domain. The purpose of my domains is to promote hosting. I find the recent price increases and charge bands impossible to sustain unless I reduce my own accounts.
The new pricing model will force many of us to rethink the viability of cPanel hosting.
The recent price changes make this necessary for small resellers with between 30 and 45 accounts otherwise reselling is not viable. I have several of my own domains which could easily become addons to the primary domain. The purpose of my domains is to promote hosting. I find the recent price increases and charge bands impossible to sustain unless I reduce my own accounts.
The new pricing model will force many of us to rethink the viability of cPanel hosting.
As a hosting administrator I would like to convert a normal cPanel account into an addon domain of an existing cPanel account while keeping files and email accounts in-tact.
As a hosting administrator I would like to convert a normal cPanel account into an addon domain of an existing cPanel account while keeping files and email accounts in-tact.
This is still on our radar, but there are some technical limitations to overcome to make this more feasible. Some projects we have on near future roadmaps make this much more feasible in the long term. Stay tuned and we will update as we have more information.
Dustin (he/him)
Product Owner
@dustinscherer
This is still on our radar, but there are some technical limitations to overcome to make this more feasible. Some projects we have on near future roadmaps make this much more feasible in the long term. Stay tuned and we will update as we have more information.
Dustin (he/him)
Product Owner
@dustinscherer
Years have passed and this feature is still to be implemented....
I get it that this is not the first priority for cPanel since they charge per account.... but come on .... so many people have been asking for this....
Years have passed and this feature is still to be implemented....
I get it that this is not the first priority for cPanel since they charge per account.... but come on .... so many people have been asking for this....
My employer is a web host that does not use CPanel. I'm happy to keep giving CPanel money, but this and other requests are years old and haven't even been touched. If this is the priority users are getting, I have 0 problem moving my sites to my employer and letting them basically pay me to host them.
My employer is a web host that does not use CPanel. I'm happy to keep giving CPanel money, but this and other requests are years old and haven't even been touched. If this is the priority users are getting, I have 0 problem moving my sites to my employer and letting them basically pay me to host them.
At the very least, we should be given more information on why these limitations are not being resolved more quickly so you can move forward on this request. We're left completely in the dark until this just "shows up" one day - hopefully.
At the very least, we should be given more information on why these limitations are not being resolved more quickly so you can move forward on this request. We're left completely in the dark until this just "shows up" one day - hopefully.
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