Migrate Magento to another server - Magento 2 Tutorial

[@DigitalstartupUk]

A bit later than I expected, sorry. Hopefully, you'll find this video useful :)

[@gretchenmiller8906]

Once again, you killed it, Craig! I don't know if people realize how much work it takes to do a step by step video with detailed text instructions but I do and I appreciate you!

[@DigitalstartupUk]

Sorry for the delay in writing. I've been where you are so I know how important this information is to new starters. Good luck with your project!

[@ChrisYoung-nr8dn]

All worked but I can't access the admin page - just get a 404 error

[@uzunmehmet171]

Hi! Dijital Startup please help me ? about magento.

[@alfonzito3164]

Hello Craig, What about Git repository? on Magento 1.9 I use a bitbucket repository and form my local installation I do a push to this repo, then on the server, I do clone the repo, then I upload the media folder, database dump, and local.xml file, but in Magento 2 I do not know how to perform this process, In fact I am confused to how to save my Magento 2 custom theme or module on a git repository and then pull in the server in case of some changes in this theme or module. Thanks

[@DigitalstartupUk]

I'm not a Git workflow master, but this is what I do... My Production site has git initiated on it. The .gitignore that comes packaged with Magento 2 does a pretty good job of ignoring all of the unnecessary folders/files. This is then regularly pushed to GitHub. The migration process I went through in this video also brings across all of the git history. So, after I've migrated I just push/pull it to GitHub to keep everything in sync. Post migration, all of the Dev work is done on the Migrated server and pushed to GitHub. So, when I update the Production server I'm only ever updating code via a git pull. Note, that the .gitignore file mostly ignores all of the core files (by design) and focuses on tracking folders where custom development normally takes place.

[@Bob-Fields]

Great episode, although I use a different method to spin up dev instances. Question: I see you didnt alter the "web/unsecure/base_link_url" in the core_config_data table. Was that not necessary or did I miss it?

[@DigitalstartupUk]

Thanks. Aside from rsync and the traditional download/upload method there are other options like scp. But I just roll with what I'm used to. "web/unsecure/base_link_url" does not exist in core_config_data, but I did change all the required core_config_data values near the end of the video.

[@pakzwordvazquez8050]

Hey excellent videos, I have gotten a kind a bug, when I save de ´migrate.sql´ file in that rout (/var/backups/) MAGENTO return me an error in the modul 'System->Backups'. I´ve resolved, removing the file or moving it to other place. Thank you.

[@DigitalstartupUk]

Sounds like a permissions issue. You should go over this to ensure the health of your file system is OK (digitalstartup.co.uk/t/how-to-diagnose-and-fix-ownerships-and-permission-issues/211). For further assistance join our Community Forum.

[@xdonvito]

Why do you use ubuntu instead of another linux distro, like Fedora or Centos 7? I like ubuntu but is ubuntu good for a production environment? I'm a semi newbie and my understanding is Ubuntu is more user friendly/desktop style and Fedora/Centos 7 are community versions similar to redhat more enterprise level stuff. So...long story short is Ubuntu safe on a production server?

[@DigitalstartupUk]

Quite simply because I have more experience with this Linux OS. When people think "Ubuntu" they often think of the Desktop Edition, but Ubuntu also have a Web Server Edition which is commonly used in web servers.

[@xdonvito]

@@DigitalstartupUk shweet!

[@xdonvito]

@@DigitalstartupUk I get it. I'm trying to convert these directions to redhat and I'm failing. I think mainly on the permissions. I have phpmyadmin running but magento ip/setup is a blank page. I'm guessing its permissions. May set up a ubuntu vm just to get things hopping for now then figure out redhat later.

[@kishanbhagwandin6300]

Thank you for this!! It was a great help, and you gained a new subscriber!

[@DigitalstartupUk]

Thanks for the positive comment :) Good luck with your Magento project!

[@jonkelly3825]

Nice video. I feel reassured now. In essence, I just need to load a new current/same version of Magento 2 on the new server, then copy across everything currently in var/www/html/ from the old server to same location on the new one, and finally overwrite the database. That's it :-)

[@Mo3ta9em93]

Great tutorial. Please make a tutorial on how to deploy from dev to production.

[@beancoffee6907]

craig can you make a video on upgrading mysql databases 5.5 to latest version?

[@DigitalstartupUk]

Maybe one day. But I don't generally do videos like this.

[@beancoffee6907]

@@DigitalstartupUk no worries just thought it was a useful thing as mage2 wont install unless the mysql is in the latest version thats all.

[@hw3771]

No problem. Great tutorial as always I think I will need the things I learned today very soon. =) Nice weekend to you.

[@DigitalstartupUk]

You too. Thank you :)

[@hexflairedesignlab5368]

Thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial!!! Do you have a Discord server? :)

[@DigitalstartupUk]

No problem. I used to, but the forum was far easier for people to easily communicate (digitalstartup.co.uk/)

[@luoyefine]

Thanks

[@Eskimoz]

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