Re: [Koha] Migrating Koha Servers

2021-01-18 Thread Aswin Unnikrishnan
Did you check if your MySQL service is running? Try running sudo service mysql restart sudo service mysql status Try to connect to MySQL manually after that and see if it works. Use the command mysql -uroot -p PASSWORD replace PASSWORD by the root password of MySQL if you have given anything

Re: [Koha] Migrating Koha Servers

2021-01-18 Thread Charles Kelley
Hello, all! In our latest exchange, on 18 Jan. 2021 at 20:33 [JST] I asked several questions about migrating a Koha database from one server to another, to wit: > (1) How do you find out the password to MySQL? > > (2) Does it matter whether you are running MySQL or MariaDB? > > (3) Is "koha_

Re: [Koha] Migrating Koha Servers

2021-01-18 Thread Katrin Fischer
Hi Charles, you can move your complete database from one to another server usually. All the configuration is stored in the database, so you won't have to re-enter frameworks, system preferences, patron information or any other data. After you have loaded your database into the new installation,

Re: [Koha] Migrating Koha Servers

2021-01-18 Thread Aswin Unnikrishnan
Hi Charles, Im also fairly new to koha so ill try to answer to the extent of my knowledge. 1. You can find all the details about your database if you check towards the end of the koha-conf.xml file that will be present at /etc/koha/sites/KOHA_INSTANCE/koha-conf.xml , where KOHA_INSTANCE is your ko

[Koha] Migrating Koha Servers

2021-01-18 Thread Charles Kelley
My library is migrating its Koha database to a new server. I have found instructions on both YouTube and static sources. But the instructions are not perfectly clear to me and I have a few questions. (1) How do you find out the password to MySQL? (2) Does it matter whether you are running MySQL o