XF 1.5 migrating XenForo Forum to new VPS host from Shared.

[Sam F]

migrating XenForo Forum to new VPS host from Shared.

Hi I going to migrate my Xenforo forum from Hostgator shared hosting account, to Godaddy VPS hosting account.

The differences will be:

On Hostgator my websites and forum are “Addon domains” and have c-panel
My files are setup in folders.

On Godaddy my websites and forum have “Add separate accounts” and have c-panel
In godaddy I am using cPanel®, to create an Account in WebHost Manager (WHM)
On Goddady my files are in the root directory.

If I migrate my C-panel from Hostgator, won’t the directors be setup wrong?
Does anyone have experience in migrating Xenforo. I would need step by step instructions.

Thanks

 

[Paul B]

Point 6 of the FAQ covers the general points when moving hosts: https://xenforo.com/community/threads/frequently-asked-questions.5183/#post-180455

As long as the new server is set up correctly in terms of the domain and DNS, XF will work the same as before.

 

[Sam F]

RE:
6. How can I move my installation to a different domain or host?
Backup the existing database and server files.

would that be all the files located in the forum folder?



Copy them to the new domain/server
would the be the root?

and update the library/config.php file with the new database details as required.
It may be necessary to set permissions for the data and internal_data directories to world writeable (CHMOD 0777).

 

[Paul B]

Based on your screenshot, everything in the 'forums' directory should be moved/copied to the web root of the new server, assuming XF is going to be served from the domain root rather than /forums.

 

[Sam F]

maybe I should state the placement
it will look like the:

DomainName.com/forums

two other questions:
would there be any other files outside of the xenforo folder that would need to be moved?

and after the migration, would I be able to use the IP address in the URL to see if the forum is working before I make it live?
http://1*.***.***3.***/~name/

Thanks again
Sam