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Procedure for migrating HostBill enterprise version onto new server / reinstalling enterprise version without data loss.

 

1. Login to your HostBill server as root. Proceed to HostBill includes directory:

cd /home/hostbill/public_html/includes/

2. Check database name to create dump of:

 cat config.php | grep db_name

Sample return: >$db_name = '1408513157';

3. Copy database name, create dump

 mysqldump 1408513157 > /root/hbdump.sql

4. If you have some customizations done already or modules uploaded, backup public_html folder

  cd /home/hostbill/public_html/
  cp includes/config.php includes/config.php.backup
  tar -zcvf /root/hostbill.publichtml.tgz --exclude='config.php'
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. Store /root/hbdump.sql and /root/hostbill.publichtml.tgz in secure place or upload it to your new HostBill install server

6. (Re)install HostBill enterprise using installation command you have received after purchasing HostBill.

Note

Make sure to start with clean centos install!

7. On fresh install get new database name:

  cd /home/hostbill/public_html
  cat includes/config.php | grep db_name

Sample return: >$db_name = '1408513158';

8. Apply sql backup to new database

 mysql 1408513158 < /root/hbdump.sql

9. Apply public_html backup onto fresh install

   tar -zxvf /root/hostbill.publichtml.tgz -C /home/hostbill/public_html/

10. From /home/hostbill/public_html/includes/config.php.backup copy value of $ccEncryptionHash and paste into config.php file:

   cat /home/hostbill/public_html/includes/config.php.backup | grep ccEncryptionHash >> /home/hostbill/public_html/includes/config.php


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
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