[ic] moving a catalog from a test to a production server

[Jonathan Clark]

> Hi,
>
> Does anyone have an answer to the following questions:
>
> What is the procedure for moving a catalog from a test server to a production
> server (i.e. different domain name and directory structure)?
>
> What files would need changing?

How about something like:

1) copy the complete catalog root with all files and subfolders.
2) make sure the permissions are appropriate (interchange daemon user needs rw access to all of it.
3) link <catroot>/error.log to /var/logs/interchange/catalog/error.log or wherever.
4) link catroot/images to images folder in your public html space.
5) link the admin ui images folder 'interchange' in public html space to actual location.
6) copy any global usertags which are not in your catalog structure.
7) edit the variable.txt to set appropriate domain names if these have changed.
8) if using MySQL/Postgres/Oracle, set up database access.
9) put a link program in your cgi-bin, make sure it is chmod u+s and owned by the interchange daemon user.
10) add the catalog to the interchange.cfg file.
11) restart ic.
12) check global error.log for any error messages.

missed anything?

Jonathan
Webmaint.