Transfer a site from one server to another server - ashish-greycube/help GitHub Wiki

Steps to transfer site :

In Server_1

1] Check apps which are installed in site and note their versions

2] Take full backup of site (database file, private file, public file, .json file)

bench --site [site_name] backup --with-files

3] Create A record for new-site

4] Transfer all backup files in another server using SFTP

--> Go to /site/[site_name]/private/backups/

bench/site/[site_name]/private/backups$ sftp user@ip(server_2)

> cd home/frappe/frappe-bench
> put [database_file_name]

> put [private_file_name]

> put [public_file_name]

> put [json_file_name]

In Server_2

1] Get all apps in bench which are installed in dump

bench get-app [app_url] --branch [app_branch]

2] Create new-site

3] Generate SSL certificate for new-site

4] restore all backup file in site

bench --site [site_name] restore [path of database file] --with-private-files [private file path name] --with-public-files [public file path name]

4] Migrate site

bench --site [site_name] migrate

In Server_1

drop-site

bench drop-site [site_name] --no-backup

Delete SSl certificate of dropped site

sudo certbot delete --cert-name [site_name]

take backup of nginx file and run

bench setup nginx