lostinosc Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 I am having problems with my current server and would like to know how to go about moving it to another host, safely that is. I want to make sure that I don't loose any info. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingMonkey Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 I just did that yesterday, it'll only take you a couple of hours. First backup your database. Copy all of your existing files to your hd. Edit your configure.php's both in catalog/includes and catalog/admin/incudes to reflect any changes. Upload it to your new host. Restore your database. And BAM! Most likely your question has been answered, please do a search first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user99999999 Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 Edit your configure.php's both in catalog/includes and catalog/admin/incudes to reflect any changes. Change your domain name to the new IP number so you can do some testing. Then when your ready call in the domain change and wait a couple days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 there are a few steps to doing this. of course, the first thing to do is backup the database, and the store files. then, put the store files on the new server, as well as the database. make sure that all works properly, most hosts will give you an alternative logon to test your files prior to the DNS being changed over. once you are sure it is right, then make another backup of the database on the original store, and restore to the soon to be store. change the configure.php files on the original store to have the database point to the ip address for the soon to be new store. this way, your database runs on the soon to be store, while the application is still running on the old store. go back to the soon to be store and set the configure.php files making sure they point to the soon to be store, and then while the DNS is propogating throughout the internet, you have one database but both stores could possibly be going at the same time for up to one day. once you see everything pointing to the new ip address, and has been for a day or two, go to the now old store and delete your database and application from there. then you are all done. just remember, backup, backup, backup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinosc Posted March 14, 2004 Author Share Posted March 14, 2004 Thank you all for you help. Going to do this now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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