I'm trying to restore a WordPress website for which I have the files backup, but I don't have a DB backup on hand.
I managed to get the site up partially by restoring the backup in cPanel - all the site's pages are working now, but because there is no DB in place (wp-config.php points to what 'used to be' my DB) accessing site.com/wp-admin renders this error:
Error establishing a database connection
This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can't contact the database server at localhost. This could mean your host's database server is down.
Are you sure you have the correct username and password?
Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname?
Are you sure that the database server is running?
If you're unsure what these terms mean you should probably contact your host. If you still need help you can always visit the WordPress Support Forums.
I know I made a huge mistake by not backing up my website DB.
Is there any way to be able to access wp-admin in this case? Can't I 'mock' the old DB with a new one? Anything to be able to access wp-admin.
Configure a core Wordpress with fresh installation point your current Wordpress files to the new database just got created
You should copy all the settings (from DB_NAME,DB_USER,DB_PASSWORD......AUTH_KEY,SECURE_AUTH_KEY..... till table_prefix) from your new installation wp-conf to old one
You would have lost almost all data stored in db like users etc however if your theme was more file based you should be able to se pages up
This is Triel and i think it should work to bes extent dont see any other way out of this scenario.
"Can't I 'mock' the old DB with a new one? Anything to be able to access wp-admin"
Simply Create a new mysql DB on your server and put its info in your wp-config.php file.
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I am trying to install WordPress on Ubuntu.
I have installed mysql and created a database and granted a new user permission to use it, but when I visit the domain linked to the server it asks me for the database information and then says it is invalid.
I have double-checked this information, so does anyone have any suggestions why this is happening?
I visit the domain linked to the server it asks me for the database
information and then says it is invalid.
When this happens, most probable reasons would be.
The actual database and schema may be unavailable.
So first check if the database table is available to you. This can be done through command line, phpmyadmin, or database clients like MYSQL Workbench. Try accessing your database. If the schema is available and accessible to you, then surely wordpress too can connect to it.
You have mentioned that you are trying to access the domain name, and enter credentials, which means you are trying to install via graphical user interface, as against editing wp-config.php file via ssh. So, if if you have passed the step 1, try to check if the file system is writable. Read this article for setting correct file permission. https://wordpress.org/support/article/changing-file-permissions/
Also you can include some screenshots, and add more information on the type of server configuration(apache/nginx, php, mysql versions, port configurations) you use, and the type of installations you performed.
I'm new to Drupal. I want to run my Drupal website locally and connect directly to the remote database, but I can't seem to figure out how to do it. I have MAMP installed on the Mac and I have all the files in the htdocs folder. It looks like I just need to change the settings.php file to match my remote database, but I'm unsure what I need to change.
I guest you look at this drupal.org HowTo that step by step guides you through creating the database and what you need to change before running the Install program.
https://www.drupal.org/node/66187
Also check the comments on that thread.
Yes, you have to adjust your settings file (/sites/default.settings.php), database configuration. Watch out, usually there is a different ("external") host for accessing database from out of server. I think that it can be set per database user does it has privileges to access database from outer server or not. Maybe there's some special user for that.
There should not be any extra setup or configuration. Just make sure that
You are connected to the remote database (usually goes in sites/default/settings.php).
The database host allows remote connections.
What i want to do:
Develop a Wordpress-based website with a local Wordpress installation (and xampp).
Migrate this developed website on my webserver.
What's the problem:
After putting the website on the webserver each link in the navigation references to "127.0.0.1/wordpress/...".
I'm not even able to login to the Wordpress Backend on the webserver, because the "login.php" (or something) is also referenced on the localhost"
My Question:
Do any of you know how I can change this permalinks to the URL of the webserver the website is actually deployed on?
best regards
matt
edit:
Another thing that i noticed is, that although I changed the URL in the wp_posts table manually, this database entries are changed by wordpress, so next time, after opening the website, the URLs in the database contains the 127.0.0.1 part
When migrating the database from your local machine to a remote server, you should export your mysql database that is on your local machine to a file. Then perform a search and replace changing "127.0.0.1/wordpress/..." to "www.yourdomain.com/path/to/wordpress" and then import that file to your new mysql database.
Since you have already moved everything over, you can just export the database tables from your remote server to a file, do the search and replace on that, and reimport it. When exporting the database make sure to check "Add Drop Table / Drop View".
It's very simple, do everything you need in local, when you're ready to deploy, export your local database from phpMyAdmin, open the file and do "search and replace" your local path with your server path.
Chnage the connection string inside config.php and you're done.
We are migrating a bit of an old Drupal installation (6.x) from one hosting platform to another. Unfortunately due to political issues we are unable to upgrade the Drupal Core or modules prior to migration (eg. Needs to be done yesterday!).
Having copied all files across to the new server (in the identical location) and also re-imported the required databases and modified the settings.php file when we access the site all that is displayed is the Drupal installation screen.
I'm guessing it's some sort of path issue but there were no paths in the settings.php file. Following another post on here I realised that I hadn't brought across the .htaccess files but I have now done that and still no change.
Can anyone suggest anywhere I should be looking or perhaps a step I have missed?
We are moving from an Apache server to a LiteSpeed Web Server but I doubt that is an issue.
Any help anyone can provide would be hugely appreciated.
Thanks
Josh
The install screen is normally shown when Drupal can connect to the database server (so credentials seem to work), but does not find the existing Drupal database itself.
So you should check your database connection settings in settings.php and verify that it references the correct database. You should also verify that the database got migrated correctly, and that the user used by the Drupal instance has the proper access rights for the migrated database (although the latter would result in a different error message, IIRC).
I have just moved my site from developpement plateform to production.
I configure the setting files in the $db_url string. I have put the good ones because I use these credential in a shell to access th database, there is no problem.
But when I try to access my site I get the following message:
Site off-line
The site is currently not available due to technical problems. Please try again later. Thank you for your understanding.
If you are the maintainer of this site, please check your database settings in the settings.php file and ensure that your hosting provider's database server is running. For more help, see the handbook, or contact your hosting provider.
you will see this message if drupal can't connect to its database....check the filed settings.php again...and make sure that the database, username and password are correct and no problem with connecting to the database