Moving CARMA

CARMA About CARMA CARMA Requirements CARMA Changelog Setup Setting Up CARMA MySQL Settings Add Site Porting Sites to CARMA Moving CARMA Sites Admin The Sites Admin Site Sections Publish Mode Content Set Schedule Templates Admin Members Area Templates Tour Templates Member Favorites Smarty Loops Smarty Caching Smarty print array Base Templates User Variables Rating System   Template Functions CARMA Template Functions carma_actor_photo_name carma_comments_display carma_comments_form carma_count carma_favorite carma_gal_custom carma_get_extended carma_list carma_list_favorites carma_list_gals carma_list_third_party_content carma_list_videos carma_login_log carma_most_viewed carma_newest carma_news carma_poll carma_retrieve_sections carma_search carma_actors_search carma_show_gal carma_show_video carma_top_actors carma_top_rated carma_upcoming print_page_numbers Template Function Aliases carma_comment_display carma_display_comment carma_display_comments carma_extended carma_extended_data carma_get_extended_data carma_list_all Common Parameters assign assign_prefix count data_only display_on_assign start tpl Schedule Admin The Schedule Admin Scheduling Content Content Set Schedule Calendar Snapshot News Admin The News Admin Add News Auto News Feedback Admin The Feedback Admin The Polls Admin Gallery Content Admin The Gallery Content Admin Adding Content Edit Image Adding Image Text Content Set Locations Content Set Categories Managing Thumbnails Watermarking Image Removal Image Order Rotate Image Image Quality Video Content Admin The Video Content Admin Adding Content Video Clips Out of Order Video Thumbnails Content Set Locations Content Set Categories Video Format Flash Player Generate Flash Videos Using mp4 Videos Video Content Names Thumbnails Admin The Thumbnails Admin Image Thumbnail Video Thumbnails Third Parties Admin Third Party Content Scan Content Admin Scan Content Actors Admin The Actors Admin Add Actor Actor Photos Actor Documents Manage Attribute Types Creating Actor Pages Members Admin The Members Admin Member Details Stats Admin The Stats Admin Site Statistics Member's Statistics Content Statistics Actor's Statistics Accounts Admin Accounts Admin Add Account Access Levels Configuration Admin The Configuration Admin CARMA Configuration Variables Video Format Troubleshooting Common Errors Extras The Support Admin Admin Areas CARMA Home Pseudo Streaming Flash Player Using mp4 Videos Zipping Content Third Party Content X-Sendfile Xmoov-php TMMid

Too Much Media will move your CARMA installation to a new server for $195. We recommend you use this service.

The following steps describe moving CARMA on your own. Although you can forgo our service fee by doing it yourself, please keep in mind that there will be an hourly charge for any support required during this process. The rate of support is $150/hr Note: these steps require some down time, but they guarantee database consistency and consistent service during the DNS switch-over.

You new server must meet the CARMA requirements.

Set up CARMA on the New Server

• Copy the carma directory to the new server. You can use the rsync rsync
• Please be sure to check to make sure all the correct symbolic links are set up in the carma/www, carma/site_scripts, and carma/tour_scripts directories. These symbolic links should be:

flash_player.swf
swfobject.js

• If any of these symbolic links are not available or not set up correctly in your carma/www/ directory, please put in a support ticket
• Copy the virtual hosts section of your Apache http.conf to the new server.
  • In the new server's http.conf, update the virtual host settings to use the new server's IP address
• Get a CARMA license for your new server. Please open a new ticket and tell us with the zendid if you are using Zend, or the MAC address if you are using IonCube
• If you have Zend, you may need to set up the path to the Zend license in the php.ini by adding the following line:

zend_optimizer.license_path=/path to carma/licenses/

• Change the paths in the following files to be correct on the new server.
  • carma/includes/config.php
  • carma/includes/create_flash.sh
  • carma/includes/import_click.sh
  • carma/includes/import_video.sh
  • carma/site_scripts/carma.php
  • carma/tour_scripts/carma.php
• Change the MySQL connection information for the includes/config.php file on the new server so it can connect to the database on the original server. Test that CARMA is working correctly using the IP address of the new server

At this point, CARMA should work correctly on both servers and will use the database on the original server.

Moving the Database to the New Server

Your CARMA site will be down during these steps.

• Shut down the database on the original server. This makes CARMA stop working.
• Copy the database to the new server.
• Change the config.php file on the new server to use the new database and check that CARMA is working correctly.
• Change the config.php file on the original server to connect to the new server's database.

At this point, CARMA should work correctly on both servers and will use the database on the new server.

Switch the DNS

• Have your host switch the DNS name to the new server. Please open a new ticket when the DNS change is complete so we can update your CARMA license.