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Boris Epstein

31 Oct 2007 31 Oct '07

8:57 p.m.

Hello everyone! If I need to migrate a MediaWiki installation from one machien to another, how do I go about that task? In other words: 1) Is there an established procedure? 2) If so, where is it described? Thanks in advance. Cheers, -- Boris Epstein http://www.dogandponny.org/ http://dikayasobaka.livejournal.com/ (Russian)

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Raquel

31 Oct 31 Oct

9:06 p.m.

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On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:57:05 -0400 "Boris Epstein" <borepstein(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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I just did that. I backed up (Linux, using tar) my MediaWiki directory. I backed up the database. Then I ftp'd the directory structure to the new server and untarred it. Then I imported the database into the database on the new server. If you have images, execute the maintenance/importImages.php script from the command line. It worked like a dream! -- Raquel ============================================================ If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. --Mother Teresa

Boris Epstein

9:22 p.m.

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Thanks Raquel! I'll try that. What if the versions of MediaWiki are different? On Oct 31, 2007 3:06 PM, Raquel <raquel(a)thericehouse.net> wrote:

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On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:57:05 -0400 "Boris Epstein" <borepstein(a)gmail.com> wrote:

-- Boris Epstein http://www.dogandponny.org/ http://dikayasobaka.livejournal.com/ (Russian)

Sullivan, James (NIH/CIT) [C]

9:31 p.m.

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This might help: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Moving_a_wiki -Jim -----Original Message----- From: Boris Epstein [mailto:borepstein@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 3:23 PM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] migrating a MediaWiki installation Thanks Raquel! I'll try that. What if the versions of MediaWiki are different? On Oct 31, 2007 3:06 PM, Raquel <raquel(a)thericehouse.net> wrote:

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On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:57:05 -0400 "Boris Epstein" <borepstein(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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each other. --Mother Teresa _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

Boris Epstein

9:39 p.m.

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Thanks, Jim, looks very helpful. On Oct 31, 2007 3:31 PM, Sullivan, James (NIH/CIT) [C] < sullivan(a)mail.nih.gov> wrote:

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On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:57:05 -0400 "Boris Epstein" <borepstein(a)gmail.com> wrote:

each other. --Mother Teresa _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

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-- Boris Epstein http://www.dogandponny.org/ http://dikayasobaka.livejournal.com/ (Russian)

Raquel

9:48 p.m.

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On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:22:39 -0400 "Boris Epstein" <borepstein(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Thanks Raquel! I'll try that. What if the versions of MediaWiki are different?

I upgraded MediaWiki AFTER the move. I think that if the versions are different, then move the files/database, do the upgrade and then start it up. Be sure to save your old uploaded files and LocalSettings.php as per the upgrade instructions. -- Raquel ============================================================ No loss of flood and lightning, no destruction of cities and temples by hostile forces of nature, has deprived man of so many noble lives and impulses as those which his intolerance has destroyed. --Helen Keller

Boris Epstein

6 Nov 6 Nov

8:47 p.m.

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Hello again, I did try to migrate a Wiki as detailed below and it seems to have worked to some extent - except that in the MySQL DB on the origin server many entries contain hard-coded references to the origin server's FQDN - which obviously doesn't work once moved to the destination server. That does not look right. Does anybody know why that would be, and how to get rid of those hard-coded references? Thanks. Boris. On Oct 31, 2007 2:06 PM, Raquel <raquel(a)thericehouse.net> wrote:

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On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:57:05 -0400 "Boris Epstein" <borepstein(a)gmail.com> wrote:

-- Boris Epstein http://www.dogandponny.org/ http://dikayasobaka.livejournal.com/ (Russian)

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