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Moving CiviCRM from one server to another, including cloning, changing domains or install locations etc.

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WordPress v6.8.3 CiviCRM v6.8.0 Having a nightmare in trying to move an instance to Amazon AWS Lightsail from shared hosting with cPanel. Steps taken: Zipped /wp-content and dumped the database. ...
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I originally had CiviCRM running locally off my computer when I decided to switch to a shared hosting service so others on my team could access CiviCRM. After the migration was complete using the All-...
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I initially set up my CiviCRM on Wordpress using my localhost, so it was running off my own computer. Now I want to migrate it to a different hosting service so others can use it. My hosting provider ...
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Insallations: Civicrm v 6.1.2, Wordpress v 6.8.1 Php v 8.3.8 I have CiviCRM running on a WordPress CMS with a separate database for each. I wish to adopt a standalone (SA) version of civicrm, ...
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I'm an Operations Manger for a small charity in then UK and would love to move them out of Salesforce and into CiviCRM - Salesforce isn't made for charities and it makes thing more difficult IMHO! ...
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Managed a mostly successful migration of our WordPress site to a new domain, along with CiviCRM — had to manually move its tables & update the pw, and then set up cron on the new server. ...
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The D7-Backdrop migration messes up Civi theming in Backdrop. If I install Backdrop 'vanilla' and then install Civi, theming is good, even better than good. However, when I migrate a site from D7 ...
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I'm facing the same issue as the one solved here: Migration error: “The user specified as a definer does not exist”. However I have to consider the following points: the database it way to huge to ...
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Civicrm 5.65 on both Drupal and word press Exported from drupal:structure and data minus 3 @ cache files, settings and domain. Cleared uf_match except for one WP admin user linked to civi contact ...
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We just had a new WordPress site developed and I am now migrating our CiviCRM instance to that site. The old site was also Wordpress. We have worked though all issues except that all the CiviCRM ...
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I manage a website based on Drupal 7 where we use CiviCRM I would like to migrate to Drupal 10, but I have a lot of doubts about this procedure... Can you recommend any materials that reliably ...
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I am running CiviCRM 5.64.3 and I have Drupal 9.5. When trying to get to any admin page the site does 302 redirects until the browser (I have tried multiple) reports too many redirects. In my Drupal ...
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For PHP version reason, I move Joomla! & CiviCRM from example.org/civicrm to civicrm.example.org. I changed all civicrm.settings.php in admin and frontend folders and I emptied the cache, ...
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I've been using CiviCRM on Drupal 7 for many years, and it's time to upgrade my Drupal. Drupal 8 went EOL November 2, 2021. Drupal 9 goes EOL November 1, 2023, which is in 12 days. So it looks like ...
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I have been trying to migrate my website from joomla to wordpress using the FG Joomla to wordpress plugin. It only migrate post, categories and media only. Does it also import static pages e.g home, ...
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We are running an old version of CiviCRM (5.3?) and we have planned to upgrade to a newer version and at the same time we planned to put CiviCRM in cloud. Our existing server is also old and seems to ...
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I have got a Joomla website running CiviCRM version 5.41.2 and we are migrating to a WordPress website running CiviCRM version 5.60.0 I have backed up the Joomla site and working on a dev environment ...
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What is the best way of approaching this such that I can avoid having to rebuild the forms manually - especially if I have a lot of forms.
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Old website is WordPress + CiviCRM. We are rebuilding the website, still in WordPress. I already installed CiviCRM in new WordPress website. How to export all CiviCRM data from old website and import ...
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We have a very old installation, it is totally upgraded, but has been around for more than 10 years and survived both major Civi-upgrades and server migrations. I'm starting to feel that all the ...
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As Drupal 7 EoL approaches once again, we're considering a move to WordPress. I've got a test build running locally, and I've successfully imported all our CiviCRM data following the guide at https://...
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Successfully migrated WP 6.1.1 site to a new domain. Same a2 hosting environment, different shared hosting account and different domain. WordPress migration went without a hitch. But CiviCRM 5.57.1 (...
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I originally installed CiviCRM in Wordpress on our regular website. I am now wanting to uncomplicate that website by moving our CiviCRM installation to another subdomain so it can be used separately ...
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I'm a Drupal engineer with plenty of migration experience, but I have never migrated data out of Civi. Before I start trying to reverse engineer the database from source, maybe someone can give me ...
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I'm trying to migrate data using the API and I'm having issues with UFField. Some entries are inserted correctly while others give me the following error: Fatal error: Uncaught API_Exception: [0]: The ...
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I am trying to upgrade a Drupal 7 site with CiviCRM to backdropCMS, but am struggling. Am looking https://docs.civicrm.org/sysadmin/en/latest/misc/switching-cms/drupal-to-backdrop/ and https://docs....
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I am getting ready to migrate a Drupal 7 site running CiviCRM 5.44 to a Joomla 3.10.4 site running CiviCRM 5.44 for Joomla. Can someone point me to directions for doing this migration of Civi for ...
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I'm trying to migrate my site from Bluehost to Cloudways hosting. The migration goes thorough successfully, but when I try to access the WordPress Admin (/wp-admin) I get "There has been a ...
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I need to migrate my database from CiviCRM to a different CRM platform and need to capture as much data from Civi as possible. What is the best way to do this to make sure I get everything?
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Salut. I am following this wonderful guide https://docs.civicrm.org/sysadmin/en/latest/misc/switch-servers/ in order to migrate civicrm from one server to another (wordpress, external civicrm database)...
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I am migrating my CiviCRM database to a new server with a fresh install of Wordpress and CiviCRM. I would like to know where in the database the link between CiviCRM contacts and Wordpress Users are, ...
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On my Civi WordPress multisite installation, I just discovered that there is a wpLoadPhp setting in the CiviCRM settings for each Civi domain that contains the absolute filesystem path to wp-load.php (...
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Isn't it possible to just copy tables of contacts, groups, mailings and their related data into the new install? I'm trying to figure out which tables contain essential data on contacts, activities, ...
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sorry for what is probably a ridiculous question. Our wordpress site was migrated to a new server by our host, the domain is unchanged. Now several of the CIVICRM features are not working anymore. ...
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I'm following the methodology at https://docs.civicrm.org/sysadmin/en/latest/misc/switching-cms/drupal-to-wordpress/ to migrate from Drupal to WordPress. After importing the database tables to the ...
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my organisation is currently switching from CiviCRM to Kepla. I'm wondering about the best way to export all contacts information out of Civi and import it into Kepla. I have been able to export ...
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My host moved my Wordpress sites to another server without regard for my civicrm implementation, in the process they changed the directory path for the website also. I have got the site working again ...
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EDIT: OK... I followed the instructions in the link that's in my comment, but I'm back at exactly the situation described below in OP. I guess that's good - at least there's some consistent thing ...
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I am replicating a Drupal 7 CiviCRM installation into a Pantheon CiviCRM Kickstart site. I have gone through the tedious effort of moving the Drupal content and settings from a default Drupal profile ...
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I reviewed tutorial on migrating to a new domain. It suggests fresh install of wordpress, then civicrm, which I did. I changed settings in wp-includes/update/civicrm/civicrm.setting.php file to ...
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Error: "Error type: Could not find a valid session key." This is similar to a number of other times people have run into this problem, but I've looked through all of those here on StackExchange, have ...
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I administer a website for a small local charity which has Civicrm 4.7.6 / Joomla 3.6.4 with php 5.6. I am wanting to upgrade all 3 to latest versions. In order to do this i need to create a test copy ...
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Apparently GiftWorks has been bought by Frontstream and we have had our first enquiry from someone wanting to explore shifting to CiviCRM. They have been told their old system will be shut down in ...
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I'm working on migrating our Wordpress site to WPEngine, and I don't know how to get the civi database onto WPEngine. WPEngine doesn't allow the creation of a new database for civi. Has anyone done ...
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I'm trying to install an old CiviCRM version on Drupal 6, the purpose is to migrate an old database data to the latest CiviCRM version, but I'm getting this error when I try to install CiviCRM in a ...
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I am trying to migrate a Drupal+CiviCRM from an old server to a new one. I copied the files and database, updated civicrm.settings.php and settings.php, cleared the cache and made a drush up + drush ...
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We're looking for indicative figures with regards to migrating across an Access Database to CiviCRM. Early stages (but we need to migrate soon as our Access config is grinding to a halt) so any ideas ...
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I'm having multiple issues with a CiviCRM 4.7.17 on WordPress 4.9.5 which has encouraged me to make different attempts to migrate the site following the official SysAdmin Guide. The closest I've ...
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We are currently setting up a new website for a client. They old site is using CiviCRM Drupal 7. However the fields in the new site using CiviCRM in WordPress (Version 4.9.4) the fields of the ...
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I recently moved from linod sever to Wp-Engine server. I did the migration but Civicrm plugin wont work. I see it in the sidebar but when I click on it to access it I get a Http 500 page not found ...
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