Duplicating Live Shop (Creating a Test Shop)
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2018 3:35 am
Hello,
We have a live shop which works correctly, but we would like to manage some customization and changes, without stopping the live store, therefore we would like to duplicate the files, website, database, and use the duplicated one for testing purposes internally.
What are the recommended steps to do this?
I have already tried duplicating the entire website folder, set up a new website for it in IIS (same IP address, but on separate port, not on http 80), new Application Pool, duplicated the database, and in the "\App_Data\database.config", i have changed the connectionString to something similar:
Although, when i try to access the website, it gives me some redirection error, and nothing in the App_Data/Logs.
Am i on the right track?
Thank you in advance!
We have a live shop which works correctly, but we would like to manage some customization and changes, without stopping the live store, therefore we would like to duplicate the files, website, database, and use the duplicated one for testing purposes internally.
What are the recommended steps to do this?
I have already tried duplicating the entire website folder, set up a new website for it in IIS (same IP address, but on separate port, not on http 80), new Application Pool, duplicated the database, and in the "\App_Data\database.config", i have changed the connectionString to something similar:
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<connectionStrings> <add name="AbleCommerce" connectionString="Server=myserver;Database=mydb;Uid=myuser;Pwd=mypw;" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
</connectionStrings>Am i on the right track?
Thank you in advance!