Procedure for migrating HostBill enterprise version onto new server / reinstalling enterprise version without data loss.
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Before begin:
Make sure you've updated to latest HostBill version on old location first. If you're unable to update (ie: you need to migrate because you use unsupported PHP version), please use this procedure below and step 11.
1. Old Server: Login to your HostBill server as root. Proceed to HostBill includes directory:
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cd /home/hostbill/public_html/includes/ |
2. Old Server: Check database name to create dump of:
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From same file, please copy value of $ccEncryptionHash variable.
3. Old Server: Copy database name, create dump
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mysqldump 1408513157 > /root/hbdump.sql |
4. Old Server: If you have some customizations customisations done already or modules uploaded, backup public_html folder
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Note: Consider creating backups of /home/hostbill/attachments and /home/hostbill/downloads folders, if you use support plugin and downloads section in clientarea already |
5. Old Server: Store /root/hbdump.sql and /root/hostbill.publichtml.tgz in secure place or upload it to your new HostBill install server
6. (Re)install New Server: install HostBill enterprise using installation command you have received after purchasing HostBill.
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Make sure to start with clean centos install! |
7.New Server: On fresh install get new database name:
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Edit includes/config.php file, update $ccEncryptionHash variable to value from old server.
8. Apply New Server: Apply sql backup to new database
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mysql 1408513158 < /root/hbdump.sql |
9. Apply New Server: Apply public_html backup onto fresh install
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tar -zxvf /root/hostbill.publichtml.tgz -C /home/hostbill/public_html/ |
10. From New Server: From /home/hostbill/public_html/includes/config.php.backup copy value of $ccEncryptionHash and paste into config.php file:
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cat /home/hostbill/public_html/includes/config.php.backup | grep ccEncryptionHash >> /home/hostbill/public_html/includes/config.php |
11. Optional, New Server: Use this step only if you were unable to update your HostBill old od server to latest version
- Download latest HostBill version from HostBill licensing portal
- Unzip it somewhere locally on your computer, take entire /install folder and upload it to your new server, /home/hostbill/public_html/ directory
- Visit yournewhostbill.url/install in your browser, and select "Update" option to update database to latest version (replace yournewhostbill.url with actual installation url of your HostBill copy)
- After successfull update, remove /install folder
Final steps:
- Verify ownership of files in /home/hostbill/public_html, make sure those match owner of /home/hostbill target dir (usually hostbill or hb_XXXXXXX)
- After re-install directory of your HostBill license will change, which will cause license issue. Update license directory in https://clients.hostbillapp.com/ after fresh install