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#12669 Moving Site from Linux to Windows Server

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Latest post by nicholas on Friday, 15 June 2012 01:36 CDT

Thursday, 14 June 2012 23:48 CDT

user38777
Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? No
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Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? No
Joomla! version: (unknown)
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MySQL version: (unknown)
Host: (optional, but it helps us help you)
Akeeba Backup version which took the backup: (unknown)
Kickstart version used to extract the backup: (unknown)

Description of my issue:
I want to move my Joomla site from a Linux Server to a Windows Server. Can I just create the backup, then use kickstart to restore the backup onto the new windows server? Or will there be problems?

Thanks Dave

Friday, 15 June 2012 01:36 CDT

nicholas
Hi Dave,

You can just back up your site from one server and restore it to the other server. Please note that as happens with all site transfers, no matter the platform the servers are running on, there might be incompatibilities like .htaccess directives not supported on the new server, hardcoded URLs/paths in some extensions and PHP version differences. If you bump into a proble, take a look in the Troubleshooting documentation section on this site. We have several post-restoration troubleshooting articles with all the necessary information to work around such problems.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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