This is procedure to backup Open Enventory database and restore it later on the same server or migrating to a different server
This guide is for Linux environment with Apache2, PHP and MariaDB (MySQL) (LAMP) stack:
1. In Terminal window, type the following command:
2. Type in password for the user above and then Enter (nothing will show when you are typing the password)
1. In Terminal window, type the following command:
2. Type in password for the user above and then Enter (nothing will show when you are typing the password)
Step 1: transfer both files (database and users, if you want to keep the same users and passwords) to the new system/server
Step 2: if you have not done so.
Step 3 (optional):
If you have compressed the SQL file as instruction above, you will need to decompress the file first.
This is for compressed file with .xz extension:
-v
Step 4: use ssh and terminal, login as terminal root and run:
Step 5: go to OE on web browser and login with mysql root account.
If the mysql root user in the old database has password different than the current mysql root user, after step 3 above, the root user password will be changed to the old password.If you don't know the old mysql root password, follow this tutorial to .
Step 6: go to Settings and then click on Recreate users. That should reactivate all users and their passwords.
Again, if you have migrate from MariaDB < 10.4 to MariaDB 10.4+, it might not work and we have to change the command in step 3 above. The reason is because the mysql.user table is deprecated in MariaDB 10.4. You can read more about it .
While the general steps are similar, the exact paths to the executable command are different for Mac OS and Windows using XAMPP, please follow the corresponding guides below:
[Path] and [backup_filename] : any path and filename
.xz files seem to have the best compression vs bzip2 and gzip for SQL files. You can see more info here and here:
For example usage of xz, see this link.
[Path] and [backup_filename] : any path and filenamek : to keep the compressed file, this will generated the uncompressed file .sql
[/path/backup-user]Replace [italic_text] (including the square bracket) with specific info:
[user]: in most cases, use root (recommended).
[database]: use the name of the database that you want to backup
[Path] and [backup_filename] : any path and filename
2. Type in password for the user above and then Enter (nothing will show when you are typing the password)
1. In Terminal window, type the following command:
2. Type in password for the user above and then Enter (nothing will show when you are typing the password)
Step 1: transfer both files (database and users, if you want to keep the same users and passwords) to the new system/server
Step 2: create the database from OE web login if you have not done so.
Step 3: use ssh and terminal, login as terminal root and run:
Step 4: go to OE on web browser and login with mysql root account.
If the mysql root user in the old database has password different than the current mysql root user, after step 3 above, the root user password will be changed to the old password.
If you don't know the old mysql root password, follow this tutorial to reset mysql root password.
Step 5: go to Settings and then click on Recreate users. That should reactivate all users and their passwords.
Again, if you have migrate from MariaDB < 10.4 to MariaDB 10.4+, it might not work and we have to change the command in step 3 above. The reason is because the mysql.user table is deprecated in MariaDB 10.4. You can read more about it here.
1. Open a Window Powershell window, type the following command:
In the command above, this part is for the default XAMPP set up. If some error happens, you should find the executable file inside XAMPP folder in your system. You can try to follow this .
2. Type in password for the user above and then Enter (nothing will show when you are typing the password)
1. In Terminal window, type the following command:
2. Type in password for the user above and then Enter (nothing will show when you are typing the password)
Step 1: transfer both files (database and users, if you want to keep the same users and passwords) to the new system/server
Step 2: if you have not done so.
Step 3: use ssh and terminal, login as terminal root and run:
Step 4: go to OE on web browser and login with mysql root account.
If the mysql root user in the old database has password different than the current mysql root user, after step 3 above, the root user password will be changed to the old password.
If you don't know the old mysql root password, follow this tutorial to .
Step 5: go to Settings and then click on Recreate users. That should reactivate all users and their passwords.
Again, if you have migrate from MariaDB < 10.4 to MariaDB 10.4+, it might not work and we have to change the command in step 3 above. The reason is because the mysql.user table is deprecated in MariaDB 10.4. You can read more about it .
c:\Programs\XAMPP\mysql\bin\mysqldump -u [user] -p [database] > [Path]/[backup_filename].sqlmysqldump -u [user] -p [database] > [Path]/[backup_filename].sqlmysqldump -u [user] -p [database] | xz > [Path]/[backup_filename].sql.xzmysqldump -u [user] -p mysql > [Path]/[user_backup_filename].sqlunxz -vk [/path/backup-database].sql.xzmysql -u root -p [database-name] < [/path/backup-database].sql #for database restore
mysql -u root -p mysql < [/path/backup-user].sql #for users restore, this might not work for mariabd 10.4+ /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin/mysqldump -u [user] -p [database] > [Path]/[backup_filename].sql/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin/mysqldump -u [user] -p mysql > [Path]/[user_backup_filename].sql/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin/mysql -u root -p [database-name] < [/path/to/backup-database].sql #for database restore
/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin/mysql -u root -p mysql < [/path/to/backup-user].sql #for users restore, this might not work for mariabd 10.4+c:\Programs\XAMPP\mysql\bin\mysqldump -u [user] -p mysql > [Path]/[user_backup_filename].sqlc:\Programs\XAMPP\mysql\bin\mysql -u root -p [database-name] < [/path/to/backup-database].sql #for database restore
c:\Programs\XAMPP\mysql\bin\mysql -u root -p mysql < [/path/to/backup-user].sql #for users restore, this might not work for mariabd 10.4+