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Cloning an application installed via Softaculous
This article describes the steps necessary to clone an application installed using Softaculous to another domain.
Views 1124Updated 1 anPublished on 08/12/2017by Sebastian Szlivka
Introduction
- In this tutorial we will present the necessary steps to clone an application installed using Softaculous, on another domain
- Softaculous is an auto-installer that simplifies the installation of web applications. It contains numerous CMSs (Content Management Systems), such as: Wordpress, Joomla, PrestaShop, phpBB, Magento, WHMCS, etc.
Requirements
For the following steps, we will need the following:
- The login credentials for the cPanel, present in the email with the administration details.
Steps
- First, we will log in to the cPanel control panel.
- Once authenticated, we will go to the Software section and click on the Softaculous Apps Installer button.
- On the next page, the main interface of the Softaculous auto-installer will be loaded.
- To clone an application, we will click on Installations.
- In the next window, a list of all applications installed using Softaculous will be loaded.
- We will click on the symbol
on the right side of the application we wish to clone. In this case, it is aWordpress installation.
- The next window will contain the fields:
-Choose Protocol - we select the protocol we want the cloned application to operate on: HTTP or HTTPS
-Choose Domain - we select the domain on which we want to clone the application. As can be seen in the image below, in this case, the Wordpress from demo.hostico.ro will be cloned to the domain example.com.
-In Directory - if we want the cloned application to load from a subdirectory, we need to specify its name in this field. Otherwise, we will leave this field blank (the application will load from the domain's directory, not from a subdirectory of it).
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-In the info section, we will be able to find information about the application that is about to be cloned.
- To start the cloning process, we will click on the Clone Installation button at the bottom of the page.
- If the process has gone smoothly, we will be greeted by a success message.
- From this moment, the cloned WordPress should function both from the old and the new domain.