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xb5869

06-12-2006 02:51 AM

changing servers

this may be a stupid question for you guys that know alot about this stuff, but how do i change servers for my forum, but not lose everything thats on it already? I want to keep everything the way it is, just transfer servers..

peterska2

06-12-2006 04:43 AM

Export your database (get at least 3 copies in case of corruption).

Edit your config.php to have the new information in.

Then upload your files to the new server and import the database.

Log in, change the forum paths in the vBOptions > Site Name/URL Settings

You are done.

majorxp

06-12-2006 06:10 AM

if you use the admincp to backup, open your backup file in a text editor (like pspad) and make sure the last line says something like 'backup complete' or something...

..restoring a partial backup will ruin your day...

o...and I forget where, but someone posted some sql to safely replace the domain names in message posts and whatnot. You will have to manually do the domain replacements any custom phrases you may have (since VB does not support a find and replace on custom phrases).

xb5869

06-12-2006 06:01 PM

you guys make it sound so easy... i will screw it up :banana:

Ntfu2

06-12-2006 06:20 PM

if you have SSH and assuming you are exporting to a host with the same version of MySQL

Get a DBdump

Code:

mysqldump -u username -p -h localhost database_name >dbbackup.sql

Then tar your whole directory(will be something like /home/username/

Code:

tar -cvvf backup.tar /path/to/folder

Then move the backup

Code:

mv backup.tar public_html

then login to new server via SSH

Code:

wget http://www.yoursiteaddress.com/backup.tar

Move the file outside of the webroot

Code:

mv backup.tar ../

Untar

Code:

tar -xvf backup.tar

Login to create your database. Give it the same name as your old one with same user and pw. If you cant simply edit the config.php file

Restore DB

Code:

mysql -u username -p -h localhost database_name <dbbackup.sql

all should work

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