UNA Site Migration

 I had never done this before, so I decided I would learn how to migrate UNA to another server. So, I downloaded a copy of my site and its database and installed it into Xampp Apache PHP Server to learn the process. The main configuration file is in the " inc " folder. So, create a new database, then install a fresh installation of UNA, which should be of the same version your site is. And then, make a compressed zip file of the " inc " folder.

 The next step is to install your downloaded site version onto the new installation in your server. And then unzip the " inc " folder you compressed after installing the new installation. Afterwards, you dump the new installation database and then import your site database into MyPhpAdmin. If you have a large site, then the storage and store folders may be very large and have to be downloaded by themselves from your site host. It may take several attempts since sometimes the host may run slow and not complete the process. Maybe downloading overnight is the best when site traffic is low.

An alternative way to do this, is to add the " install " folder back to your downloaded site installation, and then install your site with a new database, then dump the new database and import your downloaded one. If you have copies of your SSL certificates you can install them into Apache in the Xampp files. As long as you are not using a static IP address with name servers pointing to your computer, it will not be online and interfere with you online installation. Anyways, this will help you to learn how to migrate the site to another server if you have a need to.

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    • I have noticed that on some host, getting an update to the latest version does not work, so my next thing to learn, is what to install to update UNA manually? I will have to learn what parts of UNA are usually updated and so, if anyone has insight, I believe this would be interesting to learn.

      • Hello @Dannie Jackson !

        If you have the installed working UNA then you need to visit the Studio->Dashboard->Server audit area before the upgrade. It would be good tp have all statuses with the OK mark.

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