Migrarting Typo3
Dear all
I have been tasked with a migration job involving transfering an existing Typo3 installation from a hosted server to a corporate server.
The source server is running Typo3 4.1, PHP4 and - apparently - mySQL 5.1.
I am in the process of setting up the new "target" machine. Should I use the same version(s) or is it possible / advisable to migrate directly to the latest Typo3 4.3, PHP 5 and mySQL 5.1 ?
Any pointer / recommendation most welcome
Regards
alex
I have been tasked with a migration job involving transfering an existing Typo3 installation from a hosted server to a corporate server.
The source server is running Typo3 4.1, PHP4 and - apparently - mySQL 5.1.
I am in the process of setting up the new "target" machine. Should I use the same version(s) or is it possible / advisable to migrate directly to the latest Typo3 4.3, PHP 5 and mySQL 5.1 ?
Any pointer / recommendation most welcome
Regards
alex
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hello
thanks for you help.
I have started toying around but as far as I understand the process includes exporting the mySQL database from source to dest.
It turns out that the source server is 5.1 but that the "standard" (?) windows install - my target - comes with 4.x - as such the import does not seem to work.
Am I missing something obvious ? Is there an "easy" way to get a Windows install with mySQL 5 ?
Sorry about these seemingly basic questions but I muss confess being somewhat lost.
thanks for you help.
I have started toying around but as far as I understand the process includes exporting the mySQL database from source to dest.
It turns out that the source server is 5.1 but that the "standard" (?) windows install - my target - comes with 4.x - as such the import does not seem to work.
Am I missing something obvious ? Is there an "easy" way to get a Windows install with mySQL 5 ?
Sorry about these seemingly basic questions but I muss confess being somewhat lost.
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well doesn't give me all the answers I was looking for but eventually with some trial & error I managed to migrate my site...
it is possible to migrate directly to the latest Typo3 - as a normal upgrade is also not done in the running system but by changing all php-files to the new version and run some after-update scripts with the new code.
After transfering the files + datebase to your new server, you have to adjust database connection parameters in the install-tool ( /typo3/install/ ) - this is also the place where you perform most of the version-upgrade tasks (see changelog + readme etc.)