XF 1.3 Can't import database from vBulletin to Xenforo

[1BJK903]

Can someone help me out please? I don't know why I get the error...

In my config file on the live site (vBulletin 3.6.3), I have this:

server: localhost
port: 3306
database username: [mydatabaseusername]
database name: [mydatabasename]
database password: [mydatabasepassword]
charset: utf8

And I fill these in on my Xenforo forum importer vBulletin 3.6... but I get this error:
Access denied for user '[mydatabaseusername]'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

Why is this happening? I mean, I filled all credentials correctly. I even tried modifying the password, but that did not help as well.

Is it because I am using Wamp?

 

[Paul B]

Presumably you are trying to import the vB install which is on the same server?

You're not trying to import from your PC/localhost are you?

 

[SchmitzIT]

If you're trying to import from 1 server to another, "localhost" will not work. Localhost is basically an alias to the server you currently are on.

Depenidng on how your host has set things up, you can try replacing the "localhost" value with the url of the site you are trying to import. If that won't work, you need to try and figure out either the IP or the full address of the mySQL server your vB Database is running on.

 

[1BJK903]

If you're trying to import from 1 server to another, "localhost" will not work. Localhost is basically an alias to the server you currently are on.

Depenidng on how your host has set things up, you can try replacing the "localhost" value with the url of the site you are trying to import. If that won't work, you need to try and figure out either the IP or the full address of the mySQL server your vB Database is running on.

Hmm...

So because the live site is on localhost (not local) and my Xenforo build is on localhost (Wamp), it won't work? So I have to go 'live' with my Xenforo forum, put in a domain, and try again?

 

[1BJK903]

Presumably you are trying to import the vB install which is on the same server?

You're not trying to import from your PC/localhost are you?

My site is live (vBulletin). Xenforo is locally working. No I am trying to import TO my PC/Localhost.

 

[Paul B]

That won't work.
They need to be on the same server.

Either install XenForo on your server or install vB on your PC.

You may also want to read this resource: http://xenforo.com/community/threads/importing-guidelines.25325/

 

[SchmitzIT]

That won't work.
They need to be on the same server.

Either install XenForo on your server or install vB on your PC.

You may also want to read this resource: http://xenforo.com/community/threads/importing-guidelines.25325/

Hmm? I've pulled live vB fora to my localhost. Why would it not be possible?

 

[1BJK903]

Yeah, why not actually?

 

[Paul B]

Well it is possible but we generally recommend it's done from the same server as it is fraught with issues and problems.
Most of the time people have attempted remote imports, they usually end up doing it from the same server.

So to save time and frustration I take that approach from the start.

 

[SchmitzIT]

Right there, Brogan confirmed our ninja skills ;-)