Good day,
Silverstripe version 3 +
I have a trouble migrating my localhost silverstripe to a live site. In my localhost everything is fine up and running now I decided to transfer my localhost silverstripe to live site. "What i did"
1.) from my HTDOCS folder of my xampp i copy the localhost silverstripe "htdocs/silverstripe" i did not include the folder[silverstripe].
2.) I export the localhost database and I create a new database name in live site then imported the 1905035_silver.sql
3.) I check the mysiqte/_config.php
$databaseConfig = array(
'type' => 'MySQLDatabase',
'server' => 'pdb3.biz.nf',
'username' => '1905035_silver',
'password' => 'secret(^__^)', <=== nevermind this
'database' => '1905035_silver',
'path' => ''
);
4). When i browse the site example "silverstripe.co.nf" it redirect me to Error 403 Forbidden.

Can anybody help me to fix the problem and also if you can give me steps to do? i don't think that what i did is correct maybe i missed something to do. I'm hoping that the SILVERSTRIPE developer or the editor can create a basic screenscast for migrating silverstripe local to live site.

I really appreciate your help. Cheers mate..

Hi Marc Lester Comia,

When moving my local sites over to a web server, I tend to leave the install.php file available online (Atleast while the site is not live).
The install.php file can be a great tool for letting you know what needs to be enabled/dissabled on your webserver, I would start here.

Once your webserver passes all the install.php checks (DONT HIT INSTALL SILVERSTRIPE), you should move on to checking your .htaccess file for mod_rewrite rules. Often on xampp server you will have multiple folders with different websites inside each, you may have changed your mod_rewrite rules to allow silverstripe to work from a "/silverstripe" folder.
When moving over to the web server, you would usually copy the install folders (Framework, cms, themes, mysite, e.t.c) over to the root of your "/htdocs" folder.

However you are not limited to installing this way and if you wish to have a silverstripe folder within "/htdocs" which then holds you install files (Framework, cms, themes, mysite, e.t.c), you will need to modify your ".htaccess" file within the "silverstripe" folder.

You would need to add this:

	SetEnv HTTP_MOD_REWRITE On
	RewriteEngine On
	RewriteBase '/silverstripe'

-helenclarko

Hi helenclarko

Thank you for giving me the idea really appreciate. I have lots of question please help me.

Question #1
After i modify the mod_rewrite /silverstripe to / . then i browse my site example "silverstripe.co.nf" do i need to the "silverstripe.co.nf/dev/build" and "silverstripe.co.nf/?flush=1"? . sorry for this question i think this is stupid but I am confuse how to use dev/build and flush=1 and ?flush. I am thinking if i used one of this and i get error on the live site another uploading again queued files 15,000 + using ftp filezilla.

Question #2
ss_environment.I am using _ss_environment.php in my localhost? my ss_environment.php located on htdocs/_ss_environment.php. I am thinking how to include this when migrating local to live site here is my code snippet:

// mysite/_config.php
<?php

global $project;
$project = 'mysite';

global $database;
$database = '';

require_once('conf/ConfigureFromEnv.php');

// Set the site locale
i18n::set_locale('en_US');
?>


<?php
//_ss_environment.php

define('SS_DATABASE_USERNAME', 'root');  //change to live site db name
define('SS_DATABASE_PASSWORD', ''); //change  to live site db pw
define('SS_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE', 'dev');
define('SS_DATABASE_CHOOSE_NAME', true);
define('SS_DEFAULT_ADMIN_USERNAME', 'myadmin');
define('SS_DEFAULT_ADMIN_PASSWORD', 'myadmin');
define('SS_SEND_ALL_EMAIL_TO', 'mymail@mymailcom');
?>

Do i need to add this into my live site under public_html/_ss_environment.php all together in (Framework, cms, themes, mysite, e.t.c) ?
How about the

define('SS_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE', 'dev'); 

what would be the value when migrating into live site?

- Marc lester Comia

Hi Marc Lester Comia,

To answer Question #1:
You can do both together, "silverstripe.co.nf/dev/build?flush=1". I recommend doing this.

To answer Question #2:
Currently I'm not using ss_enviroment, so I could be very wrong with these answers.
A lot of those variables should already be defined within your _config.php file.

define('SS_DATABASE_USERNAME', 'root'); //change to live site db name
define('SS_DATABASE_PASSWORD', ''); //change to live site db pw
define('SS_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE', 'dev'); //change 'dev' to 'live' when site is live
define('SS_DATABASE_CHOOSE_NAME', true);
define('SS_DEFAULT_ADMIN_USERNAME', 'myadmin'); //set admin username (both this and password can be removed if you already have an admin account)
define('SS_DEFAULT_ADMIN_PASSWORD', 'myadmin'); //set admin password
define('SS_SEND_ALL_EMAIL_TO', 'mymail@mymailcom'); //not really required on live site

-helenclarko