EasyStaging
Version
1.0.0
Rating
Compatibility
Reviews
1
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Date Added
30 June 2012
EasyStaging allows you to replicate a "development" website to a "live" or "staging" location through replication plans. Using the concept of Plans you can copy the contents to multiple live/staging site locations.
EasyStaging Plans allows you create Plans for specific users groups using Joomla! 2.5+ ACL model and control what the Plan will let them copy
• all files or just those in a specific directory e.g. /images/dept/joes-files/
• all files that match a specific regex patter
• or even exclude from the copy files matching a pattern
• copy all tables in a database
• copy a specific set of tables
• or copy a table only if it doesn't already exist on the target site
Best of all, as EasyStaging performs the replication using "AJAXy Goodness™" the process is logged on screen as you watch. (We also zip up the log files and SQL exports for each table for you to track through if you need them later.)
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This is a great a powerful tool. Its a bit like using a table saw without any of the safety equipment.
1st backup you site.. (www.akeebabackup.com works well)
2nd copy your backup to a different host/computer
3rd Have a little linux knowledge before you start
4th Do not have you staging site in a physical subdirectory of the main site (it makes the rsync setup confusing and painful)
This plugin uses rsync, and if you configure it wrong it will delete you entire install.. (you have been warned!! - but its worth struggling through)
Ok, This tool once configured works very well copying both the file and DB contents from one site to another. It interferes with bi-directional copying by removing its self from the target.
So in my case I copied from Live to my new staging site (worked well) and had to reinstall to copy from my new staging site to live (also worked well, 2nd time. 1st time I messed up the config and had to restore from backup)
Maybe the author could add mode to preview the rsync dry run. This would begin to make this tool a little safer.
1st backup you site.. (www.akeebabackup.com works well)
2nd copy your backup to a different host/computer
3rd Have a little linux knowledge before you start
4th Do not have you staging site in a physical subdirectory of the main site (it makes the rsync setup confusing and painful)
This plugin uses rsync, and if you configure it wrong it will delete you entire install.. (you have been warned!! - but its worth struggling through)
Ok, This tool once configured works very well copying both the file and DB contents from one site to another. It interferes with bi-directional copying by removing its self from the target.
So in my case I copied from Live to my new staging site (worked well) and had to reinstall to copy from my new staging site to live (also worked well, 2nd time. 1st time I messed up the config and had to restore from backup)
Maybe the author could add mode to preview the rsync dry run. This would begin to make this tool a little safer.
