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How to move from production to test
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There is a script for this on victoria01: /usr/local/bin/update_test_from_production.sh ************************************** Usage: sudo /usr/local/bin/update_test_from_production.sh <production domain> <test domain> ************************************** |
- Log on to the production Drupal site and configure the 'Site under maintenance' block
- Under 'Page specific visibility settings' select 'Show on every page except the listed pages.'
- Make a backup of the production site to the Manual Backups Directory (using Backup and Migrate module)
- Drupal 6: http://$productiondomain/admin/content/backup_migrate/export
- Drupal 7: http://$productiondomain/admin/config/system/backup_migrate
- Log on to the test Drupal site
- Put the test site into maintenance mode
- Drupal 6: http://$testdomain/admin/settings/site-maintenance
- Drupal 7: http://$testdomain/admin/config/development/maintenance
Wiki Markup go to victoria02 and cd /libweb/sites/\[your site name\]/make
Wiki Markup sudo update_test_from_production.sh \[your production site domain\] \[your test site domain\]
- the script will ask you if you completed each of the steps above and give you all the real paths to the pages you need to use
- the script moves the site with rsync
- Log on to the test Drupal site
- Restore the latest backup
- Drupal 6: http://$testdomain/admin/content/backup_migrate/destination/list/files/manual
- Drupal 7: http://$testdomain/admin/config/system/backup_migrate/destination/list/files/manual
- click 'restore' next to the latest version of the file (hint: sort by file name!)
- take the test site out of maintenance mode
How to move from test to production
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There is a script for this on victoria01: /usr/local/bin/update_production_from_test.sh ************************************** Usage: sudo /usr/local/bin/update_production_from_test.sh <test domain> <production domain> ************************************** |
- Log on to the test Drupal site
- Make a backup of the test site to the Manual Backups Directory (using Backup and Migrate module)
- Log on to the production Drupal site
- Put the production site into maintenance mode
Wiki Markup go to victoria01 and cd /libweb/sites/\[your site name\]/make
Wiki Markup sudo update_production_from_test.sh \[your test domain\] \[your production domain\]
- the script will ask you if you've done each step and give you all the proper paths
- restore the latest backup
- configure the 'site under maintenance' block
- Under 'Page specific visibility settings' select 'Show on only the listed pages'