how to transfer magento project from one server to another server

KAUSHAL MEWAR

Connecting Dots Technology Systems

HOW TO MIGRATE MAGENTO PROJECT FROM ONE SERVER TO

ANOTHER SERVER

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Kaushal Mewar | Connecting Dots Technology Systems

Transferring Magento Project to Different server

To take backup of the magento project from the existing server.

DB Backup:

Log-in to your Cpanel

Click on PhpMyadmin

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Select the database of the magento project

Now click on ‘Export’ on the top of the phpMyadmin

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Now in Export Method : either select ‘Quick’(to take DB backup as normal

‘.sql’ file) or ‘Custom’(to take DB backup in a zip format from the available

options) and the click on ‘Go’.

In ‘Compression’ select the appropriate option and the click on ‘Go’.

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Database Backup through command line/Terminal:

Login to server through SSH

Type the following Command to take a DB dump/backup

mysqldump -u DB-Username -p DB-Name (Who’s backup you want to take)

> filename.sql (of you wish but should have extension ‘.sql’)

The complete command looks like this for example:

mysqldump -u root -p Tutorials > tut_backup.sql

Now go to the path where have to taken the DB dump either through

Cpanel/FileZilla (FTP) and download the ‘.sql’ file.

To take files backup:

Log-in to Cpanel

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Click on ‘File Manager’ and then select ‘Web Root (public_html/www)‘ and

click ‘Go’

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Click on ‘Select All’ to select all files and folders of the magento project

Click on ‘Compress’ from the top menu and select the appropriate

compression method and click on ‘Compress Files’.

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Once the compression is finished by the cpanel, click on ‘Reload’ and you

will find the file with file extension of your selected compression method.

Right click on that compress folder and select ‘Download’.

To compress files from the terminal:

Login to server through SSH

Run the following command to compress the files in the ‘tar.gz’

compression.

tar –zcvf filename.tar.gz folder-name-where-all-files-reside.

Example: tar –zcvf homealivebackup.tar.gz /public_html

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To Setup backup magento project in new server

Log-in to Cpanel

Click on ‘File Manager’ and then select ‘Web Root (public_html/www)‘ and

click ‘Go’

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Click on ‘Upload’ option from the top menu, select the file permissions to

be ‘755’ and browse the compress file folder, it will start the upload of the

compress folder.

Once the compressed folder is uploaded right click on it and select ‘Extract’.

To extract files from terminal (tar.gz files compression folder):

Use the following command :

tar –zxvf filename.tar.gz

Example: tar –zxvf homealivebackup.tat.gz

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Once extraction is over, go to Cpanel and select ‘MySQL Databases’.

Create new database, enter the DB name as you wish and click on ‘Create

Database’.

Creating new database from terminal

Login to server through SSH and use the following command :

mysql –u DB-username –p (hit ‘Enter’)

Enter DB-password

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create database DB-name;

Once the DB is created, now create the ‘User’ of MySQL and ‘Password’ (to

create a perfect strong password for the DB use the ‘Password Generator’)

for that user.

Create user from terminal

Use the following command :

CREATE USER ‘user-name’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘user-password’;

Once the DB is created and User and Password is created, now assign/add

user to Database. Select the ‘User’ from the dropdown and ‘Database’ from

the dropdown and click on ‘Add’.

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To grant permissions to the user using terminal

Use the following command:

GRANT ALL ON *.* TO ‘user-name’@’localhost’;

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Now go to Cpanel and click on ‘PhpMyadmin’.

Select the Database from the left side listing of the database.

To do the same through the terminal use the following command:

use DB-name;

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Now select ‘Import’ from the top menu and then click on ‘Browse’ select

the ‘.sql’ extension file and finally click on ‘Go’.

To do the same through the terminal use the following command:

source /path/to/.sql file

Example: source /home/homealive/public_html/homealivedb.sql

Once the DB import is finished, files are extracted from compressed folder

we need to do configuration level changes for the magento project to run.

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Configuration Setups for magento project:

Go to Cpanel, click on ‘File Manager’, ‘public_html/www’.

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Go to the following path: ‘app/etc/’ and edit the ‘local.xml’ file.

Give DB username as setup during the DB creation.

Give DB password as setup during the DB creation.

Give DB name as given at the time of DB creation.

Go to the following path: var/cache/ and click on ‘Select All’ and then on

‘Delete’ from the top menu.

Go to the following path: var/report/ and click on ‘Select All’ and then on


Go to the following path: var/session/ and click on ‘Select All’ and then on


To do the same through terminal use the following commands:

rm var/cache/ * rm var/report/* rm var/session/*

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The below step is required only if you are changing the ‘domain name’ also:

Now go to cpanel and click on ‘PhpMyadmin’.

Select the DB from the left menu in phpmyadmin and look for the table

named ‘core_config_data’ and click on it.

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Now once the ‘core_config_data’ table is opened look for the record

‘web/unsecure/base_url’,’ web/secure/base_url’ and change the domain

name there.

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To change Name-Server (NS)/DNS settings:

Go and login to the domain control panel i.e. from where you have

purchased that particular domain.

Once you are login, the first thing you need to do is register your name-

server provided by the hosting provider, follow the below steps (Go Daddy):

Go to the Go Daddy Account Login Page.

Log in using your account username and password.

Go to Domains >> My Domains

Click on your domain you'd like to set up private name-servers for

Click on (add) under 'Host Summary' on the bottom left.

For "Host Name:" you'll input "ns1" (no quotes) in the box.

For "Host IP 1:" you'll input your primary IP address

Click "Ok" - Your first name-server has been created.

Click on (add) under 'Host Summary' on the bottom left again.

For "Host Name:" you'll input "ns2" (no quotes) in the box.

For "Host IP 2: you'll enter the same IP as your primary IP address

Click "OK"

Source: http://secure.hostgator.com/godaddy.shtml

Now the next thing you need to do is change the name-server entry with

the recently registered name-servers, follow the below steps (Go Daddy):

https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/shopper_lookup.asp?isc=webjsb

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Log in to your Account Manager. Next to Domains, click Manage.

Select the domain name you want to use, click (Settings) and select

Manage DNS.

Click the Settings tab.

Under Name-servers, click Manage.

Under Setup type, select Custom.

Click Enter custom name-servers.

Enter the two custom name-servers your hosting provider gave you and Click OK.

Source: https://in.godaddy.com/help/set-custom-nameservers-for-domains-registered-with-us-12317

Cheers!! Done

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