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This post was published in 2017 and may contain information, techniques or code examples that are no longer current. Please double-check official documentation and modern best practices before using anything from this article.
This post was published in 2017 and may contain information, techniques or code examples that are no longer current. Please double-check official documentation and modern best practices before using anything from this article.
Moving an entire Magento site from one server to another or between hosts can be a daunting task for non-server administrators.
I’m going to try and expand this over time.
- Agree time frames, a day for file system sync, an hour for database update and DNS update.
- Content Freeze – no new images or content is added by Store owner, customers continue to place orders and create accounts.
- A copy of the site is downloaded to the new server via FTP
- A snapshot of the database is taken and used to test the site on the new server
- Database Freeze – no new orders, holding page on the front end, Admin Panel still accessible if required but no updates allowed.
- Export/import database
- Old Server: mysqldump -u YourUser -p YourDatabaseName > wantedsqlfile.sql
- New Server wget http://www.yourwebsite.com/wantedsqlfile.sql
- New Server: mysql -u YourUser -p YourDatabaseName < wanted.sql
- Copy over/configure your SSL for the new site
- Next-up is the DNS update to repoint the domain
- Export/import database
- Done
