Move Concrete Site Failed
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Hi,
I tried to move my Concrete5 site from one server to the other.
I am using v 5.6.3.1 on Centos 6.5 on both servers.
I followed the exact instruction by copying all the necessary folders/files over to new server + edit the read write permissions, backup the database, import the db to new server, edit the config/site.php files. All rather straight forward. The domain name dns etc also has been taken care of.
However, when I tried to access the new web site, it gives me the option to do new install only. It does not seem to read my site.php on the new db imported over.
I checked that the db, the db user etc is in place. I then tried to do new install and submit the imported db, it will fail because it said the new db is not empty (of course, as it is imported from old site).
That means my connection to the new site is fine, but for some reason, it just does not read my old db and treated this as new site.
I read the documentation and noted that config/site.php is the only place I need to edit to fetch the new imported db.
I struggled by repeating the import of db and tried with various names with the same result.
Any advice is appreciated
I tried to move my Concrete5 site from one server to the other.
I am using v 5.6.3.1 on Centos 6.5 on both servers.
I followed the exact instruction by copying all the necessary folders/files over to new server + edit the read write permissions, backup the database, import the db to new server, edit the config/site.php files. All rather straight forward. The domain name dns etc also has been taken care of.
However, when I tried to access the new web site, it gives me the option to do new install only. It does not seem to read my site.php on the new db imported over.
I checked that the db, the db user etc is in place. I then tried to do new install and submit the imported db, it will fail because it said the new db is not empty (of course, as it is imported from old site).
That means my connection to the new site is fine, but for some reason, it just does not read my old db and treated this as new site.
I read the documentation and noted that config/site.php is the only place I need to edit to fetch the new imported db.
I struggled by repeating the import of db and tried with various names with the same result.
Any advice is appreciated
The only thing I can think of that can trigger the new install process of is the absence of the site.php file.