[xwiki-users] Migrating pages from one XWiki instance to another
Hello all, So far I had been working on my standalone wiki installation and created some pages, preferences, groups etc. Now, we want to start using a (x)wiki set up on a server and want to move all my changes to that. Is there a short, elegant way to do this? (I know we can import stuff..but I don't know what can be imported? (or would I just have to copy/repeat all the changes manually) Thanks
Hi Kamna, On Apr 28, 2008, at 9:00 PM, Kamna Jain wrote:
Hello all,
So far I had been working on my standalone wiki installation and created some pages, preferences, groups etc. Now, we want to start using a (x)wiki set up on a server and want to move all my changes to that. Is there a short, elegant way to do this? (I know we can import stuff..but I don't know what can be imported? (or would I just have to copy/ repeat all the changes manually)
See http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Backup Thanks -Vincent
Thanks Vincent, for that pointer. I forgot to mention in my earlier mail that I want to move from the standalone wiki (Jetty and HSQLDB) to the one that uses Tomcat and Oracle DB. Will, import/export still work or would I have to change/modify something or use a special script? Thanks again On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Kamna Jain <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello all,
So far I had been working on my standalone wiki installation and created some pages, preferences, groups etc. Now, we want to start using a (x)wiki set up on a server and want to move all my changes to that. Is there a short, elegant way to do this? (I know we can import stuff..but I don't know what can be imported? (or would I just have to copy/repeat all the changes manually)
Thanks
On Apr 29, 2008, at 3:29 AM, Kamna Jain wrote:
Thanks Vincent, for that pointer. I forgot to mention in my earlier mail that I want to move from the standalone wiki (Jetty and HSQLDB) to the one that uses Tomcat and Oracle DB. Will, import/export still work or would I have to change/modify something or use a special script?
it should work just fine provided you have oracle properly configured (i.e. xwiki pointing to the oracle hbm file). -Vincent
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Kamna Jain <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello all,
So far I had been working on my standalone wiki installation and created some pages, preferences, groups etc. Now, we want to start using a (x)wiki set up on a server and want to move all my changes to that. Is there a short, elegant way to do this? (I know we can import stuff..but I don't know what can be imported? (or would I just have to copy/ repeat all the changes manually)
Thanks
Cool. That worked Vincent, except for a few Documents with Errors. The Import report says that few documents were with error and 1 document was skipped. Is it possible for me to find out why this might have happened? Some Classes have not been imported and some users have not been imported. Also ".WebPreferences" did not get imported. In my wiki, this file does not belong to any space. even in the tree view of the Index, it shows up without any root (space). Is that how it is supposed to be? I tried re-importing but gives the same error. Do, you think re-exporting and re-importing might help! also, as I understand it, in this case, if we make any changes or add new template files, we will have to copy and paste them into the Templates folder of the new wiki. Am I right? Thanks On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 8:29 PM, Kamna Jain <[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks Vincent, for that pointer. I forgot to mention in my earlier mail that I want to move from the standalone wiki (Jetty and HSQLDB) to the one that uses Tomcat and Oracle DB. Will, import/export still work or would I have to change/modify something or use a special script?
Thanks again
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Kamna Jain <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello all,
So far I had been working on my standalone wiki installation and created some pages, preferences, groups etc. Now, we want to start using a (x)wiki set up on a server and want to move all my changes to that. Is there a short, elegant way to do this? (I know we can import stuff..but I don't know what can be imported? (or would I just have to copy/repeat all the changes manually)
Thanks
Hi, On Apr 29, 2008, at 4:51 PM, Kamna Jain wrote:
Cool. That worked Vincent, except for a few Documents with Errors. The Import report says that few documents were with error and 1 document was skipped. Is it possible for me to find out why this might have happened?
Yes you can check the xwiki logs file (xwiki.log). The reason for the error will be printed in there.
Some Classes have not been imported and some users have not been imported. Also ".WebPreferences" did not get imported. In my wiki, this file does not belong to any space. even in the tree view of the Index, it shows up without any root (space). Is that how it is supposed to be?
This file is present in each space you have if you've made modification to the space preferences through the admin.
I tried re-importing but gives the same error. Do, you think re-exporting and re-importing might help!
No, you need to check the xwiki.log file to see what was wrong.
also, as I understand it, in this case, if we make any changes or add new template files, we will have to copy and paste them into the Templates folder of the new wiki. Am I right?
Yes. You're not supposed to make any change to vm files or any other file (css, js, jars, etc). A good strategy re vm files is to use a skin inside the wiki and override the vm files there although that won't prevent you from having to merge with our changes if you want to benefit from them. In general try to avoid making any change to vm files. Thanks -Vincent
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 8:29 PM, Kamna Jain <[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks Vincent, for that pointer. I forgot to mention in my earlier mail that I want to move from the standalone wiki (Jetty and HSQLDB) to the one that uses Tomcat and Oracle DB. Will, import/export still work or would I have to change/modify something or use a special script?
Thanks again
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Kamna Jain <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello all,
So far I had been working on my standalone wiki installation and created some pages, preferences, groups etc. Now, we want to start using a (x)wiki set up on a server and want to move all my changes to that. Is there a short, elegant way to do this? (I know we can import stuff..but I don't know what can be imported? (or would I just have to copy/repeat all the changes manually)
Thanks
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Hmmm..I checked for the xwiki.log file but, it does not show that it was modified today. the file was last modified yesterday (local time) but, I did the import today. also, there is no indication of export in the xwiki.log of my standalone wiki. We have log4j.properties file set up with Monitor enabled (for the new wiki). Does that dump the log messages in some other location? Thanks On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 9:51 AM, Kamna Jain <[email protected]> wrote:
Cool. That worked Vincent, except for a few Documents with Errors. The Import report says that few documents were with error and 1 document was skipped. Is it possible for me to find out why this might have happened? Some Classes have not been imported and some users have not been imported. Also ".WebPreferences" did not get imported. In my wiki, this file does not belong to any space. even in the tree view of the Index, it shows up without any root (space). Is that how it is supposed to be?
I tried re-importing but gives the same error. Do, you think re-exporting and re-importing might help!
also, as I understand it, in this case, if we make any changes or add new template files, we will have to copy and paste them into the Templates folder of the new wiki. Am I right?
Thanks
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 8:29 PM, Kamna Jain <[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks Vincent, for that pointer. I forgot to mention in my earlier mail that I want to move from the standalone wiki (Jetty and HSQLDB) to the one that uses Tomcat and Oracle DB. Will, import/export still work or would I have to change/modify something or use a special script?
Thanks again
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Kamna Jain <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello all,
So far I had been working on my standalone wiki installation and created some pages, preferences, groups etc. Now, we want to start using a (x)wiki set up on a server and want to move all my changes to that. Is there a short, elegant way to do this? (I know we can import stuff..but I don't know what can be imported? (or would I just have to copy/repeat all the changes manually)
Thanks
ok. so, I see the log now. the errors I get are: [.../xwiki/bin/import/XWiki/Import?editor=import&space=XWiki] [http-80-Processor15] ERROR packaging.Package - Failed to save document XWiki.ClassTemplate java.sql.SQLException: ORA-01400: cannot insert NULL into ("XWIKI"."XWIKIOBJECTS"."XWO_CLASSNAME") I don't know what these mean? Thanks On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Kamna Jain <[email protected]> wrote:
Hmmm..I checked for the xwiki.log file but, it does not show that it was modified today. the file was last modified yesterday (local time) but, I did the import today. also, there is no indication of export in the xwiki.log of my standalone wiki. We have log4j.properties file set up with Monitor enabled (for the new wiki). Does that dump the log messages in some other location?
Thanks
On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 9:51 AM, Kamna Jain <[email protected]> wrote:
Cool. That worked Vincent, except for a few Documents with Errors. The Import report says that few documents were with error and 1 document was skipped. Is it possible for me to find out why this might have happened? Some Classes have not been imported and some users have not been imported. Also ".WebPreferences" did not get imported. In my wiki, this file does not belong to any space. even in the tree view of the Index, it shows up without any root (space). Is that how it is supposed to be?
I tried re-importing but gives the same error. Do, you think re-exporting and re-importing might help!
also, as I understand it, in this case, if we make any changes or add new template files, we will have to copy and paste them into the Templates folder of the new wiki. Am I right?
Thanks
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 8:29 PM, Kamna Jain <[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks Vincent, for that pointer. I forgot to mention in my earlier mail that I want to move from the standalone wiki (Jetty and HSQLDB) to the one that uses Tomcat and Oracle DB. Will, import/export still work or would I have to change/modify something or use a special script?
Thanks again
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Kamna Jain <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello all,
So far I had been working on my standalone wiki installation and created some pages, preferences, groups etc. Now, we want to start using a (x)wiki set up on a server and want to move all my changes to that. Is there a short, elegant way to do this? (I know we can import stuff..but I don't know what can be imported? (or would I just have to copy/repeat all the changes manually)
Thanks
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