How to duplicate a live site to use as a test site

Nice one.

Nice guide.

I am needing to do this soon for my site once it goes live. Will be awesome to have a test environment! Thank you Brogan!

Thanks for this guide it's easy to follow and very timely for me as I was in the process of trying to set up my own test site - I had no clue :)

Thank you, thank you, thank you. Save a lot of time and nerves :)

Great work @Brogan

Helps a lot. Nice guide.

Help ful

Very clear, worked perfectly, thanks. I hate this 100 character limit as I now have to keep typing...

Excellent guide! As I prepare for upgrading my XF to 1.5 this really help me setup a duplicate easily! Thank you :)

Thanks ! Excellent guide
Now i Think it's time for me to upgrade from 2.1 to 2.2

Let's gooooooooooo

I've spent months cracking my head over figuring out how to duplicate my live forum to local so that I can practice upgrading and experimenting with add-on creation. This is solid information that should be stickied for reference and headache avoidance haha!