What is the method for beta testing a copy of a production moodle

What is the method for beta testing a copy of a production moodle

by n - -
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Is there an explanation somewhere of how to clone the existing site, so that it can be tested on the new version?
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Re: What is the method for beta testing a copy of a production moodle

by Anthony Borrow -
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Essentially think of it as a restore of your production site except to the location where your test server is. In other words, restore the database and restore a copy of the production site moodledata folders. Adjust your config.php file so that it uses the test database and the restored moodledata folders. It is a nice way of testing your restore process. You may want to take a look at: http://docs.moodle.org/en/Backup_FAQ

Peace - Anthony
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Re: What is the method for beta testing a copy of a production moodle

by Séverin Terrier -
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I think that you should better read :
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_migration

Hope this helps...
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Re: What is the method for beta testing a copy of a production moodle

by Séverin Terrier -
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Note also that when testing a copy of a Moodle production site, you don't want Moodle to send mails to people, so you should disable it with this line in config.php :
$CFG->noemailever = true;

See MDL-13483 for details smile

Hope this helps
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