Foswiki Migration

• /old/ server
  • wiki.atlas.aei.uni-hannover.de
  • /var/lib/foswiki
• /new/ server
  • 10.20.60.82
  • /var/www/foswiki

1. install/configure new foswiki v2 instance -> ansible
2. sync old files over to temporary location /new/:=/srv/foswiki=: rsync -a /var/lib/foswiki sansible@10.20.60.82:/srv/; rsync -a /etc/foswiki/LocalSite.cfg sansible@10.20.60.82:/srv/foswiki/lib/
3. patch old site config: sed -i 's!/var/lib/foswiki/!/srv/foswiki/!' /srv/foswiki/lib/LocalSite.cfg
4. patch bulk_copy.pl to ignore utf8 conversion problems: sed ...
5. run bulk_copy: cd /var/www/foswiki/tools; perl bulk_copy.pl --xweb TWiki --xweb System --xweb _default --xweb _empty --latest '*.WebStatistics' /srv/foswiki/bin /var/www/foswiki/bin (takes 1-2hrs)