Move site from XAMPP to Ubuntu Apache server?

Question

I have developed a PHP MySQL website locally on XAMPP and have been asked to put it on a remote Apache server. I have been give an ip address that directs me to an “index of/” page, and also Ubuntu username and password details, along with MySQL login details. Can someone give me some instruction on how I should go about, first getting login and second getting the local files to the remote server. Thanks.

Answer 1

use winscp to connect to server over sftp. then

1. browse the web root, usually its /var/www/ or /var/www/html than upload files there.
2. create mysql database and upload database , if mysql doesn't exist install it and phpmyadmin
3. set database credentials and test website. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-apache-mysql-php-lamp-stack-on-ubuntu

Answer 2

You can use WinSCP to connect to your server using SSH credentials and upload your website files to Apache root folder. Usually it's /var/www on Ubuntu Linux systems.

Then you need to copy your MySQL database to the server. I can suggest you to login to the server using Putty and install PHPMyAdmin first:

apt-get install phpmyadmin

After that you can access it with http://your-server-ip/phpmyadmin Export your MySQL database locally and import it on the server. That's it.