Migration to new server fails
Hey there, my name Allan and currently I have to move an ElkArte 1.1.5 installation to a new server location. Things had to be rushed a bit due to the client request.
So I am a little bit stuck now and I am facing some issues. Within Softacolous I was able to import the backed up installation once from the source server to a test account on the new server.
After that I thought yeah cool thats easy and set everything up but the import fails anytime now. Ok maybe an issue with the cpanel and softaculous.
So I thought : "hey lets do some sql magic" and backed all files up manually and did an export of the db, changed all variables to match with the new db and dbuser etc. But after the sql import the installation is broken.
Also tried to use a sql export from the admin backend which came from the working installation. But also, the import is going through but the installation is broken after the import.
Today I spent around 5 hours with research and fixing this without success. I also was looking around for a import / export tool but without success too. So maybe I overlooked somehting. So here is my question:
how exactly can i migrate an installation to a new servrer location? There is the export function but why is there any imoport feature?
Hope someone can help out.
Best regards
Allan
Re: Migration to new server fails
Reply #2 –
Hey emanuele,
thanks a lot for your message. I will give it another try tomorrow as I can´t think straight anymore for today.
After the import, the browser shows a 500 error. The connection to the db is ok. So I guess that I will have to check some paths within the db.
I adjusted the config.php file to match with the new server and db location.
Will get back on it tomorrow.
Thanks
Allan
Re: Migration to new server fails
Reply #7 –
If I'm not wrong that repair_settings.php is for Elkarte 1.0.x, somewhere on the forum should be the version for 1.1.x...