Simplify migration process to self hosted/Cloud

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Simplify migration process to self hosted/Cloud #666

Open jmumby opened 1 year ago

jmumby commented 1 year ago

Currently the process to migrate from Matomo for Wordpress to self hosted or Cloud is quite complicated.

Install a self hosted version of Matomo
Install the migration plugin in WP
Configure external SQL access and user
Gain access to console (generally not possible on hosted installs)
Run the command with correct parameters
dump the DB (for cloud)

Most WP users are more used to the plugin flow. A method of dumping the DB from the UI would be beneficial for these users.

Starker3 commented 1 year ago

Perhaps a plugin that could be installed that creates a MySQL dump in the same format that would be used for an On-Premise Matomo install could be useful for something like this.

It would allow people to skip having to have a direct database connection to an external server and having to get the DB Schema to match precisely. It would also allow people to completely skip the step of having to first migrate to Matomo On-Premise when they want to migrate to Matomo Cloud.

Not sure if maybe there is a different method that could simplify this?