[development] Moving working Drupal environment to another web-hosting server

[nan wich]

Actually, look in the Drupal Cookbook.

And don't forget that the most important site PHP settings can be put into the 
settings.php file (unless your host overrides them).

I wholeheartedly agree with the Pathologic recommendation, especially if you 
entertain any notions of RSS feeds.

The biggest trip-up I see in moving sites is in the file settings. I prefer 
creating a unique, but short sub-directory under files, with that being used. I 
find it easier to do that than to use sites/sitename.com/files/....
 
Nancy
 
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From: Randy Fay <randy at randyfay.com>
To: development at drupal.org
Sent: Sun, November 7, 2010 12:14:35 PM
Subject: Re: [development] Moving working Drupal environment to another 
web-hosting server

Great advice.

I don't see  a good handbook page on this subject, or at least it's not easy to 
find. I encourage one of you to create a handbook page (or make it findable) 
with this excellent summary. Don't want to have great info like this hidden in 
the dev list.

-Randy


On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Shai Gluskin <shai at content2zero.com> wrote:

Kamal, 
>
>
>Larry's list is quite extensive... I'll add just a couple more things.
>
>
>It's possible/likely that default PHP settings are different on the two servers. 
>If both servers allow it, you might create a custom php.ini file that you then 
>also copy over to the new server with the other files. 
>
>
>The most common differences will be in memory settings and maximum file size and 
>posting sizes. 
>
>
>But be careful where you put the php.ini file depending on the requirements of 
>each server. For instance, a php.ini file that is put in a sub-directory of a 
>public_html directory will likely be ignored. 
>
>
>If you go to: example.com/admin/reports/status you'll be able to click on the 
>PHP version number which takes you to a page which lists the active PHP settings 
>on the site. That way you can verify if your custom php.ini file is the one 
>actually be applied on the site.
>
>
>The other typical problem with moving a site can be URL links. As long as links 
>are relative, you won't have any problems. However, there are some good reasons 
>to use absolute paths. For instance, the imagecache and insert modules both use 
>absolute paths. The Pathologic module and some other modules could take the pain 
>away on this issue. If you ever get that anxious feeling after moving to a new 
>server, like, "I think I handled everything regarding link integrity, but maybe 
>I forgot something..." the Linkchecker module is awesome, it will uncover any 
>problems with links.
>
>
>But I do agree with Larry, it's really pretty easy to migrate a Drupal site.
>
>
>Shai
>
>
>On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 3:35 AM, Larry Garfield <larry at garfieldtech.com> wrote:
>
>It's absolutely possible and quite easy to move a Drupal install from one
>>server to another.  There's various handbook pages on the subject you can find
>>with a little searching on the new site, but the general outline is:
>>
>>1) Copy all of your code and files directory to the new server.  (Remember the
>>.htaccess file, which is hidden by default.)
>>
>>2) Copy the database you've been using to the new database server.
>>
>>3) Update the settings.php file to point to the new database credentials.
>>
>>4) Maybe edit your .htaccess file if necessary, but frequently it's not.
>>
>>5) Clear the cache.
>>
>>6) Profit!!!
>>
>>Drupal doesn't store information anywhere else besides its own files directory
>>and the database you've configured.  (Well, unless you have an add-on module
>>that uses some other database or system for some reason, but you would
>>definitely know if that's the case.  If you have to ask, then it's not. <g>)
>>
>>--Larry Garfield
>>
>>On Sunday, November 07, 2010 12:47:41 am Kamal Palei wrote:
>>> Hi All
>>> Let me first thank you all for providing such a great platform Drupal.
>>> I am quite new to Drupal environment. With the given documenttaion I was
>>> able to get Drupal up and running.
>>>
>>> I have few questions as below.
>>>
>>> 1. Now I am gooing to develop complete site in my local machine.
>>> Basically I am going to make a site, where site visitors can upload their
>>> resumes.
>>>
>>> In the process of development, I might use panels, blocks, views etc.
>>> I may add contents to different pages and customize it as per my need.
>>>
>>> Once all development is done, I plan to move my site to a proper web
>>> hosting machine.
>>> Is it possible to move a working Drupal based environment to new web
>>> hosting platform?
>>>
>>> My worry is, in the process of developemnt, Drupal might have used local
>>> machine database
>>> to store any informations, once we move the environment to new web hosting
>>> m/c, will it
>>> not loose those informations?
>>>
>>> Can somebody guide me, is it possible to move localy developed Drupal
>>> environment to a new web hosting machine.
>>> If possible, please explain and provide link to related documentation.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Kamal
>>
>


-- 
Randy Fay
Drupal Module and Site Development
randy at randyfay.com
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