Once you've installed Jorani you might wonder what are the location of the data and important files. Whether you want to restore Jorani after the loss of your server or if you want to migrate to another server, this article explains what are the most important information to backup.
Additional tips about MySQL and phpMyAdmin will be explained as well as the most common errors and how to solve them.
Let's have a look into the configuration folder:
Structure of Jorani configuration files
You may have noticed that it contains a main folder and two sub-folders: demo and testing. By default, the files of the parent folder (application/config) are used. But you can switch to another folder by editing the .htaccess file as follow:
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RSS feedSetEnv CI_ENV=development will instruct the application to use the configuration files contained into application/config/development/.SetEnv CI_ENV=testing will instruct the application to use the configuration files contained into application/config/testing/.SetEnv CI_ENV=production will instruct the application to use the configuration files contained into application/config/production/.CI_ENV environment variable is not set, the configuration files contained into application/config will be used.If you are using nginx, you need to add a new fastcgi_param entry as in this example:
location / {
fastcgi_param CI_ENV testing;
}
We saw that the location of configuration files may varies depending on the setup. And it is a good idea to backup the configuration files, but only these files:
config.php contains the general configuration of the application.email.php contains the email configuration.database.php contains the database configuration.saml.php contains the SAML configuration.
SAML is a protocol used in transparent login scenarios (SSO for Single Sign On).
In this case, Jorani relies on another application to proove the identity of the user.You should not backup and restore the other files (eg. routes.php, constants.php, etc.). As these files are part of the base code of the application. Restoring an older version of these files on a new version of the base code may cause unexpected behavior.
Sometimes new parameters are added into the configuration file. So you should read carefully each release note and report the new parameters. Even if Jorani is robust enough to work with default values if it cannot find the new parameters into the configuration file.
The folder local (at the root of the installation) is used by people wanting to modify the behaviour of Jorani:
If you have created custom code, you should obviously backup and restore these files.
The database must be fully backed up. Which implies to back up the custom procedures used by Jorani. Indeed Jorani SQL model includes procedures (also called functions or routines) and cannot work without them.
If you back up the database from the command line, you should not forget the routine flag:
mysqldump --routines -u jorani_user -p jorani_db > jorani_db.sql
If you back up the database from phpMyAdmin, you must export structure and data. Default options or Quick method are OK.
If the procedures are no more into the database, you may use this file to restore them.
One of the most common error occuring after an unsuccesful backup/restore is that the list of employees is no more working. A JavaScript alert would display the message below and the list of employees is empty.
DataTables warning: table id=users - Ajax error. For more information about this error, please see http://datatables.net/tn/7 Unexpected Ajax Error
Error in HR / Employees
Another error with a related cause may appear on the global calendar that displays an Unexpected Ajax Error.
In both cases, the same root cause is that the procedures were not created into the database. You should use this file to restore them. Either by importing the file or with the SQL tab of phpMyAdmin (or from the command line).
A good practise after a fresh installation or a database restore is to browse the database from phpMyAdmin. All tables and procedures must be present as in the picture below:
Database ckeck after a backup and restore
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