Need help migrating from o2switch shared hosting to OVH VPS Plesk

Bare Metal and VPS
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Unsatisfied with the performance of o2switch shared hosting for a WordPress site, I ordered a 3‑VPS OVH under Plesk Web Pro.

The current site is hosted on cPanel.

I would have liked to use the Plesk Migrator extension but SSH access to o2switch is impossible directly via the IP address.

I tried using Plesk’s site‑import extension, but despite correct configuration, I get an error I can’t resolve.

I have tried different WordPress migration plugins: UpdraftPlus, Duplicator, and Migrate‑Guru. I get fatal errors each time.

Finally, the rsync and SQL‑dump solution worked best, but it ends with an error
AH01071: Got error 'PHP message: PHP Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: ftp_pwd(): Argument #1 ($ftp) must be of type FTP\Connection, null given....
and I can’t solve it.

I’m desperate to achieve a clean migration of this WordPress site. If anyone has any leads, I would really appreciate them. Thanks!

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Hello @laurent_ns

I invite you to read my guide below, especially paragraphs O11 and O12

https://www.wordetweb.com/word-et-web/WORDPRESS-guide-installation-de-WordPress-premier-domaine-chez-OVH-FR.htm#_O_-_WordPress

I have already tried the tools you suggested, but without success.

Hence my plan to perform the operations manually myself

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Hey,

Since you have an O2SW instance, I think there should be a way to connect via SSH... maybe a hidden option in the panel?
Otherwise a slower option via SFTP :slight_smile:

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Thank you for your feedback.
Before proceeding, I tried one last WordPress plugin, Vivid, which worked for me.
I was able to complete the migration with a few minor adjustments.