Copying Files between Environments using Export Tool

Export directory

1. Find the config wrench on the Application Servers source node.
   
   
   Config of Node from which files will be exported 

2. Go to the folder you want to Export files from. In this case /var/lib/ghost/content/. Click the cogwheel of the content folder as shown on the image below and choose Export.
   
   
   Export Directory Contents

3. Make sure to choose the correct target container where your target Application Server is located.
   
   
   Select proper target environment in Reclaim Cloud to export content

4. Next, use the path /var/lib/ghost/content-source to create and mount this folder on the source environment's Application Server.
   
   

Copy files

5. Click the config wrench on the target environment’s Application Server.
   
   
   Config wrench

6. To the left, click the cogwheel and click Copy Path, which will copy the full path location to your clipboard.
   
   

7. Click on the terminal icon to engage the Web SSH terminal.
   
   

8. In the terminal you should write cd then paste previously copied path /var/lib/ghost/content-source and then hit enter. After that you should see the folder content-source executing ls -l as shown in the example image below:
   
   

9. Now you should be able to copy files anywhere within the new environment node. Using the --verbose flags gives you this output.
   
   
   Use cp --verbose to copy files between source and destination folders

10. You can confirm that the files been copied by browsing to that folder in the GUI.
    
    
    Zip files copied cleanly between folders

Clean up

11. Unmount the exported directory on the target application server as shown below.
    
    
    Unmount networked directory from target environment

Additional Reading:

• Understanding File Systems: Reclaim Cloud vs cPanel
• Reclaim Cloud Glossary
• Using the SSH Gate in Reclaim Cloud
• Running Ghost on Reclaim Cloud