Considerations when migrating your server

There are a number of consideration to take into account when migrating a site from one server to another, these include whether you wish to upgrade at the same time, as well as some security issues.

Upgrading

You may also wish to upgrade your site (either from Moodle or from an earlier version of Totara) during the migration process. Although this can be a useful way to save time it does pose some risks, mainly that if anything goes wrong during the joint upgrade and migration process it will be harder to know which process triggered the issue. If you carry out the processes separately it will be easier to isolate a problem and rectify it.  

Security issues

As you are moving from one server to another it is important to consider the setup of this new server and any security changes that may have occurred during the transition. This is especially important in regards to things like, DNS setup as well as internal and external access (the new server might not have the same firewalls setup). It is advised that you consider all of these things carefully to ensure you do not forget to enable something on the new server.

If you have email-based self-registration enabled as an authentication method then you will need to enter new API keys to ensure that the ReCAPTCHA keys are generated from Google. 

Next steps

• Migrate your server