Difference between revisions of "AquilaServer New Install and Migration"

Revision as of 13:48, 5 February 2020

Stop and disable existing aquilaserver service to prevent further user access.
At this point, backup & migrate your database using the steps below.
Install aquilaserver on new server. For further details please see Aquila Server Installation
Copy the `AquilaServer.ini` file from the old server installation directory, to the new, in order to easily preserve your settings.
Uninstall aquilaserver from the old server.
Distribute the new server URL to your users, where it can be updated on the login screen.

Ensure new server has SQL Server installed and available
Create a new login for the AquilaServer service to connect with, unless using integrated authentication. For more info please see Creating a SQL Server Login.
Stop the Aquilaserver service on the application server to prevent user access.
Backup database on old server
Transfer & restore database to new server
Edit the aquilaserver.ini file in the installation folder on the application server to reflect the new database location
Restart the AquilaServer service.
AquilaCRS client re-configuration is not necessary.

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 * Stop and disable existing aquilaserver service to prevent further user access.
+* At this point, backup & migrate your database using the steps below.
 * Install aquilaserver on new server. For further details please see [[Aquila Server Installation]]
 * Copy the `AquilaServer.ini` file from the old server installation directory, to the new, in order to easily preserve your settings.