Migrating live E-Commerce website to a new webserver
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 by AdministratorIf you are looking to migrate an existing E-Commerce site to a different server, here are some things to keep in mind.
Perform a new install on the new server and request a new license rather than trying to copy and recreate the E-Commerce environment. There should be a test server license option available to choose from when requesting a new license.
Once you get the new install done, copy the website files from the current site (except web.config and bin folder) and overwrite the new ones and backup and restore the live database on the new server overwriting the one created in the new install. At this point you should have a running site that looks like your current site.
At this time you should also test the messaging service to make sure it works form the new server as well as a test synch from a copy of your SBO company to make sure there are no connectivity issues.
When you are ready to go live, request a new server license and then stop the synch in the current environment. Copy the web database to the new server again and re-configure the synch manager to point to the new server. You can request a new license by navigating to licenserequest.aspx from the root of the website
NOTE: when you do the new install make sure you use the same private key as your current one so you don't get errors decrypting passwords on the new site.





