Architecture / Installation

Posted by Rick Sapir / Tiki for Smarties 12 Sep 2007 19:30 GMT-0000 posts: 3665

> I'm trying to move it, and I don't know if after I move it
> to install it again, or if I'm supposed to do something that
> I don't really know about. If you know anything about moving
> a tikiwiki site please help me.

It is very simple. I'm assuming that you simply want to move the database — not your actual Tiki host).

You didn't mention which version of Tiki you're using, so here's the basic, generic process:

1. Create a backup of your exiting Tiki database (using myphpAdmin, or something similar).
2. Create a new database.
3. Create a new database user and give this database user all permissions to the new database.
4. Restore the backup (that you created in step 1) to the new database (that you created in step 2).
5. Start the TikiWiki installer (www.yourdomain.com/tiki-install.php).
6. At the bottom of the installation page, click Reset database connection.
7. On the installer page, enter your new database information (the database name and username you created in steps 2 and 3) and click Submit Query.
8. If everything worked correctly, you should now be on the Installer screen. DO NOT select install or upgrade. Instead, at the bottom of the page click Do nothing and enter Tiki.

HTH,

-Rick
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