This little bash scripts allows you to transfer DirectAdmin accounts to a new server. It first checks if the account is already backed up or installed on the new server (for security). If not existing on the new server, it starts the backup and waits for it to finish. Once finished, it will copy the backup to the new server and starts the restore.

transfer

#!/bin/bash

password="******"
target="127.0.0.1"

if [ -z "$1" ]; then 
	echo "Please give me the account to backup. ";
	exit 0
fi

if [ -f /home/admin/admin_backups/user.admin.$1.tar.gz ]
then
    echo "Account $1 is already backed up. "
	exit 0
fi

if sshpass -p $password ssh root@$target stat /home/$1 \> /dev/null 2\>\&1
then 
  echo "Account /home/$1 already exists on the new server. "
  exit 0
fi

echo "Backup up account $1. "

backup="echo \"action=backup&owner=admin&select%30=$1&type=admin&value=multiple&what=all&when=now&where=local&local%5Fpath=%2Fhome%2Fadmin%2Fadmin%5Fbackups\" >> 
/usr/local/directadmin/data/task.queue"
eval $backup

while [ ! -s /home/admin/admin_backups/user.admin.$1.tar.gz ]
  do
  printf "."
	sleep 1;  
done

echo ""

echo "Backup created, copy it to new server. "

copy="sshpass -p $password scp /home/admin/admin_backups/user.admin.$1.tar.gz root@$target:/home/admin/admin_backups"
eval $copy

chmod="sshpass -p $password ssh root@$target 'chmod 0777 /home/admin/admin_backups/user.admin.$1.tar.gz'"
eval $chmod

echo "Copied and chmodded. "

restore="sshpass -p $password ssh root@$target 'echo 
\"action=restore&ip%5Fchoice=file&local%5Fpath=%2Fhome%2Fadmin%2Fadmin%5Fbackups&owner=admin&select%30=user%2Eadmin%2E$1%2Etar%2Egz&type=admin&value=multiple&when=now&where=local\" 
>> /usr/local/directadmin/data/task.queue'"
eval $restore

echo "Restore started. "