AbleCommerce Shopping Cart Software

Ok my host is going to move me to a new better server supposedly. The database server will not change. Here are my questions.

1. Will I just need to move the software since the database is not changing or will I need to do more and if so what? My IP will be changing but not the domain name.

2. Is there anything I should or could have them do special while setting up the server for running AC7? Or is just installing the basic requirements all the is required. Are there newer versions for the minimum requiremements or are all of these still the same?



Windows 2000/2003 Server Software Requirements
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 or 6.0:
.NET Framework (Asp.Net 2.0):
Microsoft AJAX Library 1.0

NOTE #1: AbleCommerce has not been tested with Asp.Net 3.5 or AJAX 3.5

NOTE #2: AbleCommerce does not work natively on IIS 7.0, unless you configure the application pool to “classic ASP.NET”. This is because of the new integrated pipe lining feature.

Optional Software Requirements
The following software is only required if using PayPal or Cybersource payment gateways.

Microsoft Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 3.0: Enables developers to build secure Web services based on the latest Web services protocol specifications.

NOTE #1: You should install WSE 3.0 before installing AbleCommerce. However, if you need to install WSE 3.0 after AbleCommerce is installed, then you will need to backup the web.config file and replace it when finished.

I moved one site to a new server by moving the files in the install. I think I had to put the install folder back in so that I could enter the store license again, but I'm not sure- it could be that I just hadn't put the commercebuilder.lic in the right place.
I actually had both installs running off the same database until the DNS config propagated over.
I stayed hooked to the old database for about a week until they got a database set up on a new server. I think the store license was the only problem I ran into. I had generated a machine key for the web.config from a link that Able posted here in the forum, so it wasn't machine specific. If you need to do that and can't find it on the forum, I'll try to find the link.

I actually had both installs running off the same database until the DNS config propagated over.

I hadnt thought about that..a nice bonus there.

I think the store license was the only problem I ran into. I had generated a machine key for the web.config from a link that Able posted here in the forum, so it wasn't machine specific. If you need to do that and can't find it on the forum, I'll try to find the link.

So I will need to edit my web.config then to have the correct machine key?

I don't know that you need to edit it. It depends on how the machine key got there to begin with, if it is there. I think the web.config comes without one and I had added one when I was working on the encryption problem for a shared hoster.
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I think you are on a dedicated server? If so, you would probably have to change the machine.key when you move because they are machine-specific unless you generate one with a method like in the link above.

So far so good. The main thing I had to do was change my database config to not be encrypted.

Check your payment encryption and make sure it's still in effect. Look at the most recent payment records in the ac_Payments table and see if you can read credit card info - moving to a different physical server will/should break payment encryption.

You can re-enable encryption by entering a new encryption key on the security, payments page.

I checked and dont see any numbers. I have it set to not store them though anyways.