[TYPO3] make typo3 survive server upgrade

[Benjamin Mack]

Hey,

I expect that the biggest problem could be the mySQL server, also it's 
very much depending on the existing
  * httpd-configuration (loaded modules)
  * php-configuration
if it's modified a lot from the default config that comes with RHEL4.

RHEL comes with SELinux - make sure it works with that (maybe it's 
turned on already, so it wouldn't be a problem).

Also, if you have a very customized TYPO3 that needs special config 
(e.g. if you have WebDAV with TYPO3 BE User auth and mod_auth_mysql) 
it's possible that it's not working a lot.

For the mysql upgrade, I'd do a backupdump of the v4 server:
# mysqldump -u DBuser -p DBname > dbname.sql

and then you could feed the DB to the upgraded table or even completely 
reinstall mysql and then put the dump in like that:
# mysql --default-character-set=utf8 -u DBuser -p DBname < dbname.sql


Bing Du wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Here is our current configuration:
> 
> Typo3 4.0.6
> RHEL 4
> MySQL 4.x
> PHP 4.x
> Apache httpd 2.0.52
> 
> We're going to upgrade the typo3 server to:
> 
> Typo3 4.0.6 (no change)
> RHEL 5
> MySQL 5.x  (comes with RHEL 5 by default)
> PHP 5.x (comes with RHEL 5 by default)
> Apache httpd 2.x (comes with RHEL 5 by default)
> 
> Anybody has done this before and would like to share your experience?  I
> want to be aware of potential pitfalls as many as possible before doing
> upgrade.  I recall I've seen on the mailing list that some people on MySQL
> 5 were suggested to downgrade to MySQL 4 for compatibility issues, some
> got blank screen due to server upgrade, etc.  Are there special
> configurations needed on MySQL 5, PHP 5 or whatever in order to make typo3
> work?  I'd appreciate any insights or pointers.
> 
> Thanks much in advance,
> 
> Bing

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