SID-01180: Twiki Migration

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:		Perl version:	Unknown
Category:	CategoryHosting	Server OS:	Windows 2003	Last update:	14 years ago

Hi,

I am tasked with migrating our Twiki from a windows box in the office to an alternative location.

It is currently hosted on a Windows box with about 24 Webs and 300 users.

I am quite new to the technology and was wondering what platform would be best to migrate it over to, Windows or Linux?

If I go for a Windows box, will it be a case of copy and paste? Also, if we choose to move it onto a Linux box, what things should I be aware of which could cause issues?

I thought that creating a new Twiki and copying over the webs may be a solution but what other issues would this bring up?

Thanks in advance for your responses.

-- SashiShagauchi - 2011-05-18

Discussion and Answer

I recommend running TWiki on Linux, it performs better than on a native Windows install. If your IT is mainly a Windows show I suggest you DownloadTWikiVM - a Linux based VMware appliance you can easily deploy on Windows.

On data migration see MoveInstallationToOtherMachine, RelocatingTwikiSite, MigratingDataFrom1TwikiTo2Twiki, HowToMigrateWikiBetweenServers, HowToRestoreFromBackup.

-- PeterThoeny - 2011-05-24

TWiki has now an easy point & click solution to upgrade TWiki with the help of the BackupRestorePlugin.

-- PeterThoeny - 2011-09-06

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