This article uses two domains rohandroid.com ( old website domain ) and rohutech.com ( new website domain ). Using these two domains as an example will help you understand the WordPress Migration process very effortlessly in 10 Simple steps.
Remember to replace rohandroid.com with your old site domain name and rohutech.com with your new site domain name.
Note: The server which I am using is having CentOS installed.
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10 Simple Steps for WordPress Migration to a New Domain :
1. Create rohutech folder
sudo mkdir rohutech
2. Add index.php in the folder
Create an index.php file in the folder with some simple content like “Hello, this is rohutech”
sudo vim index.php
Some Important Links –
- http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/core.html#serveralias
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18362166/what-is-the-difference-between-servername-and-serveralias-in-apache2-configuration
- https://serverfault.com/questions/417810/difference-between-servername-and-serveralias
3. Add Virtual Host entry
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName rohutech.com
Serveralias www.rohutech.com
DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/rohutech"
Redirect permanent / http://rohutech.com
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName rohutech.com
Serveralias www.rohutech.com
DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/rohutech"
SetEnv APPLICATION_ENV "production"
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile "/etc/pki/tls/certs/www_rohutech_com/www_rohutech_com.crt"
SSLCertificateKeyFile "/etc/ssl/private/www_rohutech_com.key"
SSLCertificateChainFile "/etc/pki/tls/certs/www_rohutech_com/www_rohutech_com.ca-bundle"
<Directory "/var/www/html/rohutech">
DirectoryIndex index.php
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>Just wanted to point out that the above virtual host entry is as per apache 2.2. If you are using apache version 2.4 which is the latest version as of Oct 2019, refer this link
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/upgrading.html
4. Restart Apache
sudo systemctl status httpd.
Now visit http://rohutech.com You much see "Hello, this is rohutech" (as we added index.php in 2nd step) on the web Page.
5. Copy content from the old website to the new website.
sudo cp -av rohandroid/. rohutech/
6. Take MySQL Dump.
mysqldump -u demouser -p demodbname > /tmp/rohandroid-live-24042019.sql
7. Create Database.
Login
mysql -u root -p
create database
CREATE USER 'myuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'mypassword';
CREATE DATABASE mydbname;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mydbname.* TO "myuser"@"localhost";
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
8. Import Database
mysql -u myuser -p mydbname < /tmp/rohandroid-live-24042019.sql when prompted for password enter password mypassword
9. Restart Apache Server
sudo systemctl status httpd
10. Search & Replace URLs
This step can be done in two different ways
Copy Paste “Search replace script” at the root folder of the new website. Using this script you can just replace all the old website URLs with new website URLs
wp search-replace 'https://rohandroid.com' 'http://rohutech.com' --dry-run --precise wp search-replace 'https://rohandroid.com' 'http://rohutech.com' --dry-run --precise nahro_posts --report-changed-only
Very Important commands to consider for file and folder permission, Just run below commands inside your Website folder.
sudo find . -exec chown ec2-user:apache {} +
sudo find . -type f -exec chmod 664 {} +
sudo find . -type d -exec chmod 775 {} +
sudo chmod 660 wp-config.php
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