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• log in to victoria02
• grab the new scripts from github
  • cd ~
  • git clone git@github.com:cul-it/drupal-site-moves.git
• cd ~/drupal-site-moves
• git pull
• ./pull_from_production.sh <production site name> <test site name>
• you are prompted for your password
• you are asked to confirm the site move
• you are asked to inform the site users that you are working on the site on the test server
  • put up the 'Site Under Maintenance' block
• script continues on without requiring any input from you
  • backs up the database
  • moves the site files to the target server
  • installs the backed up database on the target server
• done

• 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)Log on to the test Drupal site
  • 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 modemodego to victoria02 and cd /libweb/sites/[your site name]/make
  • Drupal 6: http://$testdomain/admin/settings/site-maintenance
  • Drupal 7: http://$testdomain/admin/config/development/maintenance
• go to victoria02 and cd /libweb/sites/[your site name]/make
• Determine what machine the production site is onLog on to the test Drupal site
  • victoria03 - www.library.cornell.edu, beta.library.cornell.edu
    • sudo update_test_from_victoria03.sh [your production site domain] [your test site domain]
  • victoria02 - all the others
    • 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
• Restore the latest backuptake the test Drupal sitesite out of maintenance modeRestore 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

• log in to victoria01 or victoria03
• grab the new scripts from github
  • cd ~
  • git clone git@github.com:cul-it/drupal-site-moves.git
• cd ~/drupal-site-moves
• git pull
• ./pull_from_test.sh <test site name> <production site name>
• you are prompted for your password
• you are asked to confirm the site move
• you are asked to confirm again
  • you can take down the 'Site Under Maintenance' block while the site is still on the test server
• script continues on without requiring any input from you
  • backs up the database
  • moves the site files to the target server
  • installs the backed up database on the target server
• done

• 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
• Determine which machine the production site is ononthe script will ask you if you've done each step and give you all the proper paths
  • victoria03 - www.library.cornell.edu, beta.library.cornell.edu
    • ssh to the production machine victoria03 and cd /libweb/sites/[your site name]/make 
    • sudo update_victoria03_from_test.sh [your test domain] [your production domain]
  • victoria01 - all the others
    • ssh to the production machine victoria01 and cd /libweb/sites/[your site name]/make 
    • 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'