Transferring wordpress to a new server

Create Database dump of current database. (This can be done with Webmin)

tar cvf wordpress /var/www/html

Install Fedora

yum install httpd mysql php php-mysql

download and install webmin

create empty database

use “mysql -u -p < ./.sql” to import old database dump file.

expand tar file from /var/www/html/

edit /var/www/html//wp-config.php with new database info (username and password)

chkconfig httpd on

chkconfig mysql on

service httpd start