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Migrating hosts - what do I need to watch out for?
I’m migrating hosts from Fastcomet to Opalstack.
I’m moving two Textpattern sites. Is there a checklist or set of things I need to watch out for when migrating?
I’m thinking export databases and import at opalstack. And then copy over the image and file directories. Anything else I should watch for? Any gotchas or common mistakes?
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Re: Migrating hosts - what do I need to watch out for?
agovella wrote #341447:
I’m migrating hosts from Fastcomet to Opalstack.
I’m moving two Textpattern sites. Is there a checklist or set of things I need to watch out for when migrating?
I’m thinking export databases and import at opalstack. And then copy over the image and file directories. Anything else I should watch for? Any gotchas or common mistakes?
I moved 4 Txp sites from one hosting server to opalstack. With minuium hassle .
export your DB and have backups of the original. My procedure was probably overly cautious but…
The first site I moved I first installed a default Txp site to ensure all went well. I used a name such as Test_txp as database name then installed Txp. I then created my real Mysite_txp DB and then uploaded the sql to that DB and edited config to point to the new DB.
note check that there are not any specifically server path names that will be differ on the new server. Opalstack uses the directory apps as the starting point > then your app name ie mysite1_app lain to public_html… etc
One issue that I recall running into but not specifically to moving to opalstack is that the user admin login credentials to the Txp Admin area had to be changed via a hack to the SQL file. Not sure if that is still an issue with the current 4.8.8 version. “It is according to the docs”
give a shout if you need more info.
TIP I have One DB user and owner of all the DBs. Then I use a different admin user to login to my various Txp installs. I think this is more secure, and less likely anyone can hack my DBs
PS I assume you have read this
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