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Does X-Cart 5 Have to Be On the Same Server?

Step 1 supportive article: Learn your options on the XC5 store installation for the migration process.

Written by Olga Tereshina

The short answer is no, but there are subtle details.

There are three possible cases of how you can install the X-Cart 4 and X-Cart 5 stores.

  1. You install X-Cart 5 on the same server as X-Cart 4. In this case, everything will work.

  2. You want to install X-Cart 5 on another server (some test server, local machine, etc.). If you transfer the entire X-Cart 4 store there, everything will work just fine as well.

    To make X-Cart 4 transfer easier, you can only transfer X-Cart 4’s database and the following directories to save you some time:

    • <X-Cart>/images/;

    • <X-Cart>/skin/common_files/pages/;

    • <X-Cart>/files/ (if you have e-goods).

    Put the database to the MySQL server and place these directories inside a folder that would pretend to be X-Cart 4 for our migration task.

  3. You want to install X-Cart 5 on a new server but keep X-Cart 4 on the old one. To make this case is possible, you need to:

    • make sure that the MySQL on X-Cart 4 server allows remote connections. Contact your hosting team about that if you face any troubles;

    • set the enable_copy_ext_images option in Migration Wizard’s settings to true.

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