How to migrate your 7 Days To Die server from G-Portal to RiverHosting

Moving your 7 Days To Die world away from G-Portal does not mean downloading everything to your computer first. The RiverHosting Migrate page connects to G-Portal over FTP and copies your files straight into your new server. This guide shows you how to collect your G-Portal login details, run the migration, and check the game name and world settings so your existing world loads instead of a new one.

Before you start

• A RiverHosting server set up for 7 Days To Die. Create it before you migrate so your files land in a matching server.
• Your G-Portal FTP login details (see Step 1 below).
• Your G-Portal server stopped, so the world is not changing while it is copied. This is general good practice.
• A little patience if your world is large. You can follow progress on the Migrate page.

1. Step 1: Get your files from G-Portal

G-Portal shows the FTP access data for your server in its web panel. Their wiki article about uploading saves to a 7 Days To Die server describes the same area. You only need to copy the details. You do not need to download any files.

1. Log in to the G-Portal website.
2. Open My servers in the left menu and choose your server.
3. Open Status in the left menu. The FTP access data is listed there.
4. Stop the server from the G-Portal web interface so nothing changes while you copy.
5. Keep that page open. You will copy these details into RiverHosting next.

The Migrate page on RiverHosting asks for these items: Host, Port, Username, Password, Remote Path and Destination Path. Check the exact labels on your G-Portal Status page and copy them carefully.

2. Step 2: Migrate your saves with the RiverHosting Migrate page

RiverHosting connects to G-Portal from its own side, so nothing passes through your computer. Your goal is to copy the whole saves folder.

1. Log in to the RiverHosting panel and open your 7 Days To Die server.
2. In the left menu, under SYSTEM, click Migrate.
3. Choose FTP as the protocol, because G-Portal lists FTP access.
4. Enter the Host and Port from your G-Portal Status page.
5. Enter the Username and Password from the same page.
6. In Remote Path, enter the folder on G-Portal that holds your server files, so that your saves folder is included.
7. In Destination Path, enter where the files should go on your RiverHosting server. Use the folder where the game keeps its saves. The Worlds & Saves page shows the exact paths.
8. Click Test Connection and wait for it to succeed.
9. If the panel detects the game from G-Portal, it may offer Switch to 7 Days To Die or Migrate Anyway. If your RiverHosting server already runs 7 Days To Die, choose Migrate Anyway.
10. Click Start Migration.
11. Watch Migration Status. It shows progress and the file being copied right now.

3. Step 3: Check the game name and world settings

After the copy finishes, make sure the server points at your existing world. If the names or world settings do not match, the server creates a new world instead.

1. Click Console and make sure the server is stopped. Settings can only be saved while it is stopped.
2. Open Worlds & Saves in the GAME section. Your copied save should appear in the Saves list with its name and world.
3. If your save is not the active one, click Activate on it. This sets the game world and save name for you. Your other worlds are not deleted.
4. Open Server Config and go to the World group.
5. Check that Save Game Name matches the name used in your save exactly.
6. Check Game World. If your world was made with a random generated map, the World Gen Seed and World Gen Size must also match your original world.
7. Click Save Config.
8. Go back to Console and click Start.

Troubleshooting

• Test Connection fails: check that the Host, Port, Username and Password match what G-Portal shows on its Status page, and that the protocol is FTP. Copy the values exactly, with no extra spaces.
• You are unsure which fields G-Portal uses: open the Status page again and compare each label with the Migrate page fields.
• Test Connection still fails after checking everything: contact RiverHosting support using the link below.
• The server starts a brand new world: stop the server, then recheck Save Game Name, Game World, World Gen Seed and World Gen Size in Server Config.
• Your save is not listed in Worlds & Saves: check that the saves folder was copied to the right Destination Path, then open Files and look for it.
• Wrong files or a stopped migration: you can click Cancel Migration. Files already copied are kept, and you can run it again.

Need help?

If anything in your migration from G-Portal does not work, the RiverHosting team is happy to help. Open a ticket at https://riverhosting.com/support and tell us what you see on the Migrate page.