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Contents 1 Move the mediawiki directory 2 Move the database 2.1 On your old host 2.2 On your new host 3 Copy apache httpd.conf settings 4 DNS changes

Move the mediawiki directory

Use scp or rsync to copy the old mediawiki directory to the new host.

Move the database

On your old host

• Backup the database on your old host

mysqldump mediawiki_dbname > mediawiki_backup.sql

• Transfer the backup file, via scp or rsync to the new host

On your new host

• Create the wiki user on your new host. You can find the wiki user name and password in the mediawiki LocalSettings.php file.

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'mediawiki_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'mediawiki_password' WITH GRANT OPTION;

• Create the new wiki database

create database mediawiki;

• Restore the database from the backup from

mysql --user root -p -h localhost mediawiki < mediawiki_backup.sql

Copy apache httpd.conf settings

1. If you are using a virtual server for your wiki installation, copy the relevant lines from your apache httpd.conf file to your apache on your new host.
2. Restart apache

DNS changes

Change any DNS entries to make them point to your new wiki. DNS changes usually take at least a few hours to propagate and you might want to disable your wiki via your old apache config and start redirecting to the new host in the meantime.