Magento: Moving your shop on your online server from a local installation

In our previous tutorial , we showed you how to install Magento on your computer using Xampp, we'll explain here how to transfer your shop on an online server.

Indeed if you have already installed locally: a theme, module, product catalog, the catégoriesâ € | It is quite tedious to have to start all over again on your remote server.

The procedure is somewhat more complicated than Prestashop But still quite simple.

Prerequisites

You must have a MySQL database on your server. If this is not the case, you should contact your host. Note identifiers needed to connect thereto.

File transfer

Magento is quite large, we will transfer the files from your store first, to save time.

You must transfer all your files from your local server in Magento (In our tutorial, c: \ xampp \ htdocs \ magento) to a folder on your server.

For this you must use an FTP client. If you do not have a client, you can download the excellent Filezilla

Once installed, launch it and configure it so that it can connect to your server:

• Click on the icon in the upper left (circled in red on the picture)
• Click on new site
• Fill the different fields with the FTP login to your accommodation (host, authentication type: Normal, User, Password).
• Click Connect (to log in later, simply click the small arrow next to the icon and choose your server).

Once you are logged on your server, create a new folder that will store your content. Note the path to this file: if it is at the root or in a subfolder (dotted red in the picture below), you will need it later for you. Htaccess file.

You can transfer now all the files in Magento (local directory) in this newly created folder.

Creating a copy of your local database

Let us, now, the second step of our tutorial: creating a copy of your local database.

• First connect to your local database with Phpmyadmin: if you use Xampp, go http://127.0.0.1/phpmyadmin
• Then click your database in the left tab (if you followed our tutorial creation, the database is called  " maboutiquemagento").
• In the tabs at the top on the right panel click Export.

• Select â € € œTransmettreâ footer
• Click Run.

You just have to save the file.

Removed file local.xml

If all your files have been transferred, you can skip this step. To set up your online store , We have to reconfigure it.

With your ftp client, delete the current configuration file œlocal.xmlâ € â € â € œapp located in / etc / â €. (Do not delete the file local.xml.template).

Install your shop

Appointment at your online store (eg http://monserveur.com/magento), you should see the installation page of Magento. Follow the usual procedure, and complete the forms:

The most important part: fill in the fields for connecting to your database. The Host field is available from your hosting. Also remember to inform the field â € œBase Urla € with your correct address: (ex: http://monserveur.com/magento).

Finish the procedure.

Remove your database

By installing Magento on your remote server, it has created a database. Let's remove it.

For this appointment in the administration of your database online, then select all tables in your database, to remove them.

Moving your database

We will import now, the file â € € œ.sqlâ your local database on your server online:

• Appointment in the administration of your database online
• Click on the tab at the top  " Import".
• For the field â € € texteâ œEmplacement file: select the file we created earlier by clicking on â € œparcourirâ € (in step: creating a copy of your local database).
• Click Run:

You should get this screen, confirming that the operation was completed successfully.

Changing your database

To make the import database, compatible with your shop, we will modify two entries:

• Go in the table: â € € œcore_config_dataâ
• Select the first two entries
• Click the small pencil down the page for change

Replace textarea in both â € € œvaleurâ: address (ex: http://127.0.0.1/magento ) by the URL of your server (eg http://monserveur.com/magento ) and click on Run :

You should get a confirmation message:

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