[[!meta title="How do I move my MediaWiki to a new locker?"]]
Unfortunately, it is a multi-step process to move a MediaWiki
installation to a new locker.

To move a MediaWiki located in directory `/mit/A/web_scripts/index`
to a new directory `/mit/B/web_scripts/index`:

\1. Attach the two directories so as to make administrative tasks
 easier:  
 `athena% attach A`  
 `athena% attach B`

\2. To sign up the second locker (if necessary)  
 `athena% add scripts`  
 `athena% signup-web B`

\3. Copy the Databases using SQL.  
 3b) While in Locker B signup for sql  
 `athena% signup-sql`  
 3c) Sign into phpMyAdmin web interface at http://sql.mit.edu/  
 3d) You will need the username and password located in the .my.cnf
 file of each locker (i.e. `/mit/A/.my.cnf`).  
 3e) Sign into the SQL account for locker A using phpMyAdmin
 first.  
 3f) Click on A+index  
 3g) Use the export button to download a copy of the database to
 your computer.  
 3h) Exit and Sign into the SQL account for locker B (NOT
 phpMyAdmin)  
 3i) Create a new database using the “add” field in the bottom right
 of the list of databases.  
 3j) Sign into phpMyAdmin for locker B  
 3k) Click on B+index  
 3l) Use the import tool to import the file you just exported from
 your   
 desktop. Be sure to select the correct character set.

\4. Recursively copy the software,  
 `athena% cp -r /mit/A/web_scripts/index /mit/B/web_scripts`

\5. Update settings:  
 5a) Update the `/mit/B/web_scripts/index/LocalSettings.php` with
 the wgSitename,  
 wgScriptPath, wgDBname, wgDBuser, and wbDBpassword lines to
 reflect  
 the new locker

5b) Update the `/mit/B/web_scripts/index/php.ini` file with the
correct locker username for the  
upload\_tmp\_dir and the session.save\_path (otherwise the computer
will not  
remember that you are logged in)

\6) Be happy.

Helpful site: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Moving\_a\_wiki