Tag: nginx

Migrating Servers

June 12, 2023

To migrate an installation of Site Wrangler and the websites installed on it to a new instance, follow this guide. This guide assumes you are using Deban Linux. Substitute your distribution’s installation commands where applicable. THIS GUIDE ASSUMES YOU ARE MOVING TO AN EMPTY SERVER! THE COMMANDS HERE MAY OVERWRITE IMPORTANT DATA IF YOU MIGRATE…
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Migrate a Website with Minimal Downtime

October 5, 2019

Because the global DNS system takes up to 48 hours to take to DNS changes, websites that allow users to make changes on a website must typically disable user input during a transfer. However, since Site Wrangler uses nginx, we can shorten the outage to only a few minutes. This guide assumes you are migrating…
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