I think it worked!! Thanks so much!!! Ian
On Jul 20, 2:05 am, Christian Hammond <[email protected]> wrote: > Yep, that should be the only thing. > > As for the actual site files, the only things you should need to transfer > are anything in htdocs/media/uploaded/. > > Christian > > -- > Christian Hammond - [email protected] > Review Board -http://www.reviewboard.org > VMware, Inc. -http://www.vmware.com > > > > On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 1:57 AM, Ian <[email protected]> wrote: > > Oh, OK, I'll use the MySQL db option then, thanks! Presumably the > > only database I need to transfer with mysqldump is the one named after > > my Review Board site ("reviewboard" in my case)? > > > Ian > > > On Jul 20, 12:49 am, Christian Hammond <[email protected]> wrote: > > > SQLite should never really be used for a production system. It's not > > really > > > designed for extensive concurrency. We use MySQL and haven't had a > > problem > > > with it, so I'd personally recommend that. > > > > The dump/import I was referring to would be the native SQL dump. That > > only > > > works when going between the same database type (MySQL to MySQL, for > > > instance). In this case, you'd use mysqldump to dump it out and mysql to > > > load it back in (you'll have to look up some instructions online for > > doing > > > this). > > > > Christian > > > > -- > > > Christian Hammond - [email protected] > > > Review Board -http://www.reviewboard.org > > > VMware, Inc. -http://www.vmware.com > > > > On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 12:42 AM, Ian <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I did do a complete fresh install of 1.0.9 on my new server actually, > > > > I was only trying to upgrade the site files. :-) It looks like we're > > > > using MySQL on the old server. Which brings up another question, > > > > which database is recommended for best performance with Review Board? > > > > I'm using Mac OS X Server 10.6 on the new server, and SQLite seems to > > > > have more built-in Python support than the other databases on that > > > > platform. How would I do the dump/import? (Or at least where are the > > > > relevant files?) > > > > > Ian > > > > > On Jul 19, 12:05 pm, Christian Hammond <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Ian, > > > > > > I would recommend doing a complete, fresh install (of the software, > > not > > > > the > > > > > site yet) to start out on the new server, rather than copying Review > > > > Board > > > > > files over. Then do an SQL dump of your database (which are you > > using?) > > > > and > > > > > import it onto the new server. Once you've done that, you should be > > able > > > > to > > > > > create a site using rb-site install, and specify the information on > > your > > > > > database. You my then want to do rb-site upgrade on it just to make > > sure > > > > all > > > > > the migrations happened properly. > > > > > > It's hard to say how well it will work, given the age of the > > software, > > > > but > > > > > give it a try. It might work. If it doesn't, we'll look into another > > > > > solution. > > > > > > Christian > > > > > > -- > > > > > Christian Hammond - [email protected] > > > > > Review Board -http://www.reviewboard.org > > > > > VMware, Inc. -http://www.vmware.com > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 3:47 AM, Ian <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I recently inherited a Review Board server which was last updated > > some > > > > > > time around June 5, 2008. I can't find the version of Review Board > > > > > > that's installed anywhere, but judging by the dates I think this > > would > > > > > > be a pre-alpha 1.0 installation. I need to migrate it to new > > hardware/ > > > > > > new OS/current RB/etc. I set up a new server with Review Board > > 1.0.9, > > > > > > copied the site over, then tried rb-site upgrade, but it didn't > > like > > > > > > the site (said it couldn't find settings_local.py even though the > > file > > > > > > is there). All I really want to do is copy the reviews themselves > > > > > > over; I'm quite happy if I have to redo all the settings and > > generally > > > > > > recreate the site (in fact I'd almost prefer doing that...). Can > > > > > > anyone give me a little help? If it gives you any clue as to which > > > > > > version of Review Board I have, the site's directory looks like > > this. > > > > > > (ChangeLog, NEWS, README, and __init__.py are all 0 byte files.) > > > > > > > $ ls reviewboard > > > > > > AUTHORS contrib settings.py > > > > > > COPYING devserver.sh settings.pyc > > > > > > ChangeLog diffviewer settings_local.py > > > > > > Makefile.am django_evolution > > settings_local.py.tmpl > > > > > > NEWS djblets settings_local.pyc > > > > > > README htdocs settings_local.py~ > > > > > > __init__.py iphone templates > > > > > > __init__.pyc m4 test.py > > > > > > accounts manage.py urls.py > > > > > > admin reports urls.pyc > > > > > > autogen.sh reviews utils > > > > > > conf scmtools webapi > > > > > > configure.ac server.sh > > > > > > > Ian > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Want to help the Review Board project? Donate today at > > > > > >http://www.reviewboard.org/donate/ > > > > > > Happy user? 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