Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of Drupal HowTo Copy site to test server

Timestamp:

11/25/15 15:04:05 (9 years ago)

Author:

Richard Bramley

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Drupal HowTo Copy site to test server

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 1. {{{scp}}} the tar file to the new server
 1. {{{tar -zxvf sitebackup-YYYY-MM-DD.tgz}}}, which will produce 2 files called {{{dbcontent.sql}}} and {{{filecontent.tar}}}
-1. Create a directory for the web folder {{{mkdir /local/www/scad}}}
+1. Create a directory for the web folder `mkdir /local/www/{site name}`
+1. Copy {{{filecontent.tar}}} into the web folder
+1. Cd into the web folder and unpack the tar file `tar -xvf filecontent.tar`
 1. Log into MySql
 1. Create the database using {{{CREATE DATABASE {databasename} CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;}}}