JamesBrown
Well-known member
I am moving from one dedicated linux server to another. Can anyone point me to an idiots guide to doing this with the minimum downtime to my forum.
I figure making the domain on the new server, installing a fresh copy of all the forum files into it (the new server has a different file structure httpdocs, instead of htdocs so paths will be wrong, will this break stuff?
Making a new database on the new server with the same name as my current then restoring a backup of the live database over it.
Change the nameservers and see if anything breaks, is that about it?
Thanks
I figure making the domain on the new server, installing a fresh copy of all the forum files into it (the new server has a different file structure httpdocs, instead of htdocs so paths will be wrong, will this break stuff?
Making a new database on the new server with the same name as my current then restoring a backup of the live database over it.
Change the nameservers and see if anything breaks, is that about it?
Thanks