Best Upgrade Path

AdminBoB

We are on collective access 1.17.11.

I understand there are instructions in the manual to upgrade to 2.0, but we have attempted to follow them once, and the database did not upgrade correctly. We are assuming this was an error on our part because of missing PHP modules but we do not know for sure.

Is there a way to do a clean install to a different directory and instead bring all our data over to the new install? If so, where would those instructions be found?

Any information would be appreciated.

behindicebergs

I once migrated an entire project from one server to another doing the following:

Do a dump of your database through the console.
Export your XML profile.
Backup your entire media directory as is.
Backup your important files: setup.php, app.conf as well as particular local configuration files for templates.

I then did a clean install of CA on another server and configured it to its URL, all the necessary steps. From that point you can install the XML profile and use your database to re import everything. Your media directory should be moved to the one in the new installation as it is. And if you want to you can use the setup.php and app.conf files to get everything to how it was before. Same for local config files.

Hope this helps, let me know if you managed to do it

seth

You don't need to dump the profile or reimport anything. Just dump the database, and copy over the dump, local config files and the entire media directory to the new server. Place the config and media files in the correct locations, load the dump file and it should be ready to go. I do this often - it works.