How to Upload to /root?

Hi,

I have no idea where to upload my cpanel backup file to now that I bought myself a vps. It says that I have to upload it to /root but where is that lol? How can I upload it to /root, /usr, or /home (any is fine according to WHM).

Thank You,
Donny

PS, Both old and new server are powered by Cpanel.

 

Well, you can go to your current cPanel and do a backup to your new server. Use the scp transfer type so that it can be transfer to the /root partition.

Let me know if you need help

 

Root is basically

/

The beginning of your directory if you will. You really should read up on this sort of thing if you don't know where root is, before installing backups and such. I would also contact your host for help.

 

1.
more precisely
/root is "home" directory of root account
while the "root-directory" would be as mentioned
/
and NOT /root
much of the login or security (serverkey, etc ) of a root server is in the /root directory when server admin is done by root.
while webserver-root is a totally different root relative to your directory where your public HTML files start. henc ein apache config files webserver AND / refer to that directory where your public files are located for your web site.
webserver-root normally would be the directory to upload most NON-admin files and scripts.

2.
to upload to /root or any other directory outside your public folders - simply use either

scp

OR

rsync

depending on exact needs - rsync is an upload / download tool that allows easy and efficient maintenance of offline or online mirrors. the manifold configuration options of rsync allows to adapt to your precise needs and upload/download only those files having changed since last upload/download.
to do so - best is to establish a SSH connection
for security purpose you would want to have a ssh-serverkey login instead of password login.