Moving CMS Site from DreamHost to Dathorn

[ki6gxm]

Hello,

I have a question regarding moving a CMS Joomla site over to Dathorn from Dreamhost.

I have backed up my Joomla site and MySql database to tar.gz files. I will un tar them on Dathorn/Cpanel

The issue: What I'm unclear of...is when I do a MySql restore on Cpanel.

My current Mysql host-name setting for the Joomla site is mysql."example".com I do not think Dathorn uses this type host name for it's database server names.

How can I move my website & data base with out breaking my site/database? I think I understand the basic process..just not clear on the mysql host name issue.

Thanks!

[AndrewT]

For the MySQL server you'll want to use localhost.

Aside from that just make sure that you've created the database via cPanel before you attempt to restore it.

[ki6gxm]

RE: Moving CMS Site from DreamHost to Dathorn

Thanks for your reply!

Ok, I will create new domain in cpanel
Then create a MySql database using the same user-name & password (from old Dreamhost account) including changing DB hostname to localhost (replaces mysql.mydomain.com)

upload tar.gz files and untar.

I guess my primary question is...Everything should just work? I will not have to run the Joomla setup utillty again. (due to changing the hostname from msql.mydomain.com to "localhost"

[AndrewT]

You will not have to run the setup/install utility again. All you will need to do is modify the configuration file to the new database settings (host, user, pass, db name).

[ki6gxm]

RE: Moving CMS Site from DreamHost to Dathorn

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!