Migrating moodle 2.5

[levans]

Halp!

 

Has anyone migrated moodle 2.5? I can't find anything detailing the process and I wasn't the one who installed this originally at my place. Moodle documentation is a little bit "do x, y and z" but doesn't say how.

 

Thanks

[Achandler]

Assuming you are migrating from 2.5 to 3. whatever it is now?

 

If so I can recommend getting a list of all your addons, check if there is newer versions, if there is download them all. Take a backup of everything.

 

Then you have 2 choices.

 

Do a big jump to the latest versiona dn update your addons and hope it works (90% of the time it will)

 

Do smaller jumps to the more major releases step stage by stage, backup and test each time, it will work but will be more time consuming. Also update addons as you go, if you do this the addons will probably be fine, big jumps the addons can end up not working. Their is also other benefits such as other changes are highlighted, such as different database type etc.

[3s-gtech]

Done 1.9 to 2.2 to 2.7 to 3.0 to 3.1. That was fun.

 

Remove any add-ons before you start. Grab a copy of your moodledata and main moodle folders - if the upgrade fails, it will stuff both of them.

Use a DB tool like HeidiSQL to apply DB fixes easily. You may find some parts of the DB schema need changing in the process.

Don't extract the new install over the old one. Rename the old Moodle folder and create a new one, otherwise it won't work properly.

Be patient when upgrading.

When it has upgraded, check for new versions of your add-ons, work on updating the theme if necessary, see what new settings you'll need in the config.

[levans]

Thanks both.

 

I don't intend to try an upgrade, we're happy to stick with 2.5.6 for now just to get it over to our new domain intact. I don't think we have any addons either. So would it work just to copy the files and edit any domain/network info?

 

Edit: Sorry I'm being unhelpfully vague. It's moving to a new server 2012 install on a new box, so the existing 2003 box can stay intact and I could try copying the data over and setting up the new configuration. I'm just going in completely blind on this one sorry.

Edited August 9, 2016 by levans

[Achandler]

Yeah do a backup fo your old one, database, moodledata etc. Create a "new" moodle that is the same version as your current, attach said database and check the config file points to the right places and it shoudl be moved. Personally I would upgrade too on your "new" moodle, you might as well.

[mrverrall]

As an advocate of upgrading; here is a list of the 50 current known security vulnerabilities for Moodle 2.5.6...

 

https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/search-results?adv_search=true&cves=on&cpe_version=cpe:/a:moodle:moodle:2.5.6