Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of Drupal HowTo Copy site to test server

Timestamp:

11/25/15 15:11:37 (8 years ago)

Author:

Richard Bramley

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Drupal HowTo Copy site to test server

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 1. Copy {{{filecontent.tar}}} into the web folder
 1. Cd into the web folder and unpack the tar file `tar -xvf filecontent.tar`
+1. Amend the settings file in `{web folder}/sites/default/settings.php`
+ 1. Change `$base_url` to the appropriate address
+ 1. Change the database, username and password settings to appropriate values.
 1. Log into MySql
 1. Create the database using {{{CREATE DATABASE {databasename} CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;}}}
 1. Grant the user permissions to the database using {{{GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, INDEX, ALTER, CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES ON {databasename}.* TO '{username}'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '{password}';}}}
+1. **This user should not be the admin user account**
 1. Restore the contents to the database using {{{mysql -u {username} -p {database} < dbcontent.sql}}}
 1. Make any necessary changes to the Apache config