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Migrate books and data from Scalar to new Scalar host #93

Closed pguerr061703 closed 6 years ago

pguerr061703 commented 6 years ago

Hello, I recently created a new Scalar host with latest version 2.1.10 on a virtual Ubuntu 16.04 host. I want to copy all the users and associated books from my old scalar host (Redhat 6 , Scalar version 2.1.2 (i think))..

Is there a migration tool to copy the users and books over to my new Ubuntu host? Should I consider doing a mysqldump (export) and import ? folders to copy on server?

What would be a good way to get all the users and associated books over ? I have 60+ users and books.

Thank you

craigdietrich commented 6 years ago

You can set a book to 'Duplicatable' in the Dashboard's Sharing tab, then duplicate it over in the My Account tab. This will cover most things about a book.

That said I'd just copy the database... I don't think anything has changed on the database front for a long time (see https://github.com/anvc/scalar/wiki/Changes-to-config-files-over-time). Just make sure the "shasalt" key in local_settings.php is the same between the two Scalar installs otherwise people will need to 'forgot password?' their passwords.