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Moving the Confluence database

Jacob Saaby Nie1

Hi guys,

this is actually not a production issue (yet), but a request for knowledge.

Challenge: We need to move the Confluence database from one server to another. Everywhere I see, I see guides for migrating from one database to another, which isn't exactly what I had in mind.

Is it possible to simply move the database from one MS SQL server to another, change something in an XML file somewhere, and then be good to go ?

What's the procedure for doing that ?

I've indicated v4.2, but it's no problem to spend some time upgrading to the latest version before we move, if that makes things easier.

Thanks in advance

Best regards

Jacob

Accepted answers

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

Yes, if you are NOT changing the type of database and you are NOT changing the application, you can simply take an entire database, copy it to another server and use it without having to do any more work.

Your steps should be simple, as you've already started to suspect:

Shut down Confluence
Copy the database to the new server
Work out the new connection settings
Put the new settings in to Confluence (I'm not familiar with 4.x yet, but I believe it's in an xml file in the "confluence home directory" on the application server)
Restart Confluence

You won't even need to worry about re-indexing or anything difficult like that.

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Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

Your steps should be simple, as you've already started to suspect:

Shut down Confluence
Copy the database to the new server
Work out the new connection settings
Put the new settings in to Confluence (I'm not familiar with 4.x yet, but I believe it's in an xml file in the "confluence home directory" on the application server)
Restart Confluence

You won't even need to worry about re-indexing or anything difficult like that.

Chung Park Chan

Look for confluence.cfg.xml file in the Confluence Home Directory

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

Ah, that's the one! Thanks!

Jacob Saaby Nie1

Thanks for the answer Nic - then things are as I suspected

TMP1

Following the instructions that Nic provided above didn't work. Although the config file was updated properly while the Confluence service was stopped, the web site wouldn't respond. Was forced to do a fresh install pointing to a blank shell database on the destination server and then restore the backed up data.

One oversight that may have been an issue was the JVM was not restarted. I don't know if this would have fixed the issue.

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

Mmm, the instructions I gave do say "shut down confluence" which does mean restarting the JVM

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