Export Bugzilla and reimport/move to new server?

I've created a new VM to host our outdated Bugzilla server and now I need to move the database over to the new VM.

Our old server is running Bugzilla 2.16.3, which I plan on using on the VM as well. This is just to get it off the old hardware. I don't want to mess with VM Converter for something like this.

So my question is:

1. How can I export/reimport the Bugzilla database and settings?


2. Anything else I need to setup, understand before I do this?

I'm not a Linux expert either, so forgive me. I'll be using Fedora 9 to host Bugzilla with.

Answer

Things you must take care of:

• Web server setup. Apache + mod_perl most likely.


• Exporting SQL dump and importing it to a new server.

export for mysql:

mysqldump --force --opt --user=$USER --password=$PASSWORD --databases $db > bugzilla.sql

import for mysql:

mysql -u $USER -p < bugzilla.sql

• Install missing PERL CPAN modules

Run ./checksetup.pl in bugzilla directory to get a report on what's missing. It'll also show you the lines needed for installation. If installing via perl directly fails (which often does), try using your local disto package manager to install missing stuff (yum on Fedora I take it?)

• Point your browser to the new installation and debug further issues.