Hi all
I am migrating my site to a new domain name. I loaded public_html and moodledata and changed the config.php to the new url.
Still site not working . Is there anything I missed out.
What does not working mean?
http error 500
I am using version 1.9 and is it the following directory structure works in the root folder
public_html
moodledata
Also attached the config file
<?php /// Moodle Configuration File
$CFG = new stdClass;
$CFG->dbtype = 'mysql';
$CFG->dbhost = 'localhost';
$CFG->dbname = 'dbname';
$CFG->dbuser = 'dbuser';
$CFG->dbpass = 'pass*';
$CFG->dbpersist = false;
$CFG->prefix = 'md_';
$CFG->wwwroot = 'http://www.mysite.net';
$CFG->dirroot = '/home1/course/public_html';
$CFG->dataroot = '/home1/course/moodledata';
$CFG->admin = 'admin';
$CFG->directorypermissions = 00777; // try 02777 on a server in Safe Mode
require_once("$CFG->dirroot/lib/setup.php");
?>
public_html
moodledata
Also attached the config file
<?php /// Moodle Configuration File
$CFG = new stdClass;
$CFG->dbtype = 'mysql';
$CFG->dbhost = 'localhost';
$CFG->dbname = 'dbname';
$CFG->dbuser = 'dbuser';
$CFG->dbpass = 'pass*';
$CFG->dbpersist = false;
$CFG->prefix = 'md_';
$CFG->wwwroot = 'http://www.mysite.net';
$CFG->dirroot = '/home1/course/public_html';
$CFG->dataroot = '/home1/course/moodledata';
$CFG->admin = 'admin';
$CFG->directorypermissions = 00777; // try 02777 on a server in Safe Mode
require_once("$CFG->dirroot/lib/setup.php");
?>
Moodle 1.9? Really?
That's very, very obsolete.
That's very, very obsolete.
Regardless, your config settings look believable.
Do you mean, you have a running Moodle 1.9 site and moved it to another server? Then the documentation is here: https://docs.moodle.org/19/en/Moodle_migration.
You need to make sure that the system software of the new server, the LAMP stack for example, are compatible with Moodle 1.9. During those 11+ years since the release of 1.9 the system software have moved forward. BTW, I maintain their history in this table: http://www.syndrega.ch/blog/#php-and-dbms-compatibility-of-major-moodle-releases. Be warned: The table is "continuously under construction". No guarantee whatsoever! Feedback is welcome!
Well about the 500 Error. You can also create a test.html file in the moodle directory (next to config.php) and visit http://www.example.com/test.html in the browser. You should see the content of test.html.
You need to make sure that the system software of the new server, the LAMP stack for example, are compatible with Moodle 1.9. During those 11+ years since the release of 1.9 the system software have moved forward. BTW, I maintain their history in this table: http://www.syndrega.ch/blog/#php-and-dbms-compatibility-of-major-moodle-releases. Be warned: The table is "continuously under construction". No guarantee whatsoever! Feedback is welcome!
Well about the 500 Error. You can also create a test.html file in the moodle directory (next to config.php) and visit http://www.example.com/test.html in the browser. You should see the content of test.html.
Migrations could be to a new server ... thus new environment. Is that what you are doing? or are you just changing the domain name?
One had to transfer the contents of public_html (the moodle code) and moodledata + moodledb sql dump imported). If you transferred code and moodledata ... if you used FTP to transfer, did you use binary mode in FTP?
Changing the domain name (FQDN) would also mean two other steps ... 1. the config.php file edits and 2. search and replace in the database for http://olddomain/ replace with http://newdomain/
Version 1.9.x did not have an admin tool to do the FQDN conversions in the DB. That had to be accomplished by editing the SQL dump of old site DB and doing a search and replace on the SQL dump file, before importing into the new database on the new environment.
Make sure you edit the config.php file with a text editor ... not word or any other word processor. There could be machine language symbols/characters in your config.php file that you do not see that's causing error 500's.
And last, but not least, the clip you've shown of your config.php file ... ** make sure ** there are no additional blank lines after the closing php tag in that file.
Unless I just totally mis-read .... :|
'SoS', Ken
Hi Ken
About the FQDN conversion: If the replace tool was not there earlier, it arrived soon with 1.9. See Re: Changing moodle URL - lost all pictures and files, Jan 2007!
About the FQDN conversion: If the replace tool was not there earlier, it arrived soon with 1.9. See Re: Changing moodle URL - lost all pictures and files, Jan 2007!
Thanks for all your replies,
Here is my new config file,
<?php /// Moodle Configuration File
$CFG = new stdClass;
$CFG->dbtype = 'mysql';
$CFG->dbhost = 'localhost';
$CFG->dbname = 'xxx';
$CFG->dbuser = 'xxx';
$CFG->dbpass = 'xxx*';
$CFG->dbpersist = false;
$CFG->prefix = 'md_';
$CFG->wwwroot = 'http://mysite/courses';
$CFG->dirroot = '/home1/fld/public_html/courses';
$CFG->dataroot = '/home1/fld/public_html/courses/moodledata';
$CFG->admin = 'admin';
$CFG->directorypermissions = 00777; // try 02777 on a server in Safe Mode
require_once("$CFG->dirroot/lib/setup.php");
// MAKE SURE WHEN YOU EDIT THIS FILE THAT THERE ARE NO SPACES, BLANK LINES,
// RETURNS, OR ANYTHING ELSE AFTER THE TWO CHARACTERS ON THE NEXT LINE.
Here is my new config file,
<?php /// Moodle Configuration File
$CFG = new stdClass;
$CFG->dbtype = 'mysql';
$CFG->dbhost = 'localhost';
$CFG->dbname = 'xxx';
$CFG->dbuser = 'xxx';
$CFG->dbpass = 'xxx*';
$CFG->dbpersist = false;
$CFG->prefix = 'md_';
$CFG->wwwroot = 'http://mysite/courses';
$CFG->dirroot = '/home1/fld/public_html/courses';
$CFG->dataroot = '/home1/fld/public_html/courses/moodledata';
$CFG->admin = 'admin';
$CFG->directorypermissions = 00777; // try 02777 on a server in Safe Mode
require_once("$CFG->dirroot/lib/setup.php");
// MAKE SURE WHEN YOU EDIT THIS FILE THAT THERE ARE NO SPACES, BLANK LINES,
// RETURNS, OR ANYTHING ELSE AFTER THE TWO CHARACTERS ON THE NEXT LINE.
?>
*******************************
with the above config file, I have all folders in place but still I am getting 500 error.
Error 500's don't show much via web but your servers error logs will provide some clues. Could we see a clip of what some of those error log line say?
Also, to get more info from moodle (if possible), Section 7 of config-dist.php shows how to turn on debugging by adding debug lines to the config.php file.
Add those lines and let's see what moodle might saying.
Also, is this line:
$CFG->wwwroot = 'http://mysite/courses';
in your config exactly as you shared here ... or are you hiding your server's URL? Hiding ok here in forums as long as 'mysite' represents a fully qualified domain name of server that can be resolved via DNS.
It won't hurt to mention versions of Moodle involved ... found by looking at version.php file at the moodle code root.
'SoS', Ken