WordPress forces FTP Credentials while migrating to another host

  • Resolved imanfiqrie

    (@imanfiqrie)


    7 years, 3 months ago

    After migrating to another web hosting company (AWS) from Godaddy, I installed a fresh copy of WP and followed somewhat the all the installation and migration advice — maybe? Upon inserting the URL for WP, it started up. But after I tried to install the Backup Guard Gold plugin (copy the old one first, then move it from the plugin directory and installed a fresh copy) I kept getting the forced FTP credentials page.
    I have migrated my WordPress once or twice before and was aware of what I might be store for so I had made backups for backups everywhere just in case. All the Google searches pointed to access problems and permissions– which it turned out to be but it would take a long time to see it.
    I running Ubuntu 16.04 and from the commond line and ls -l in the /var/www/html directory and further down I could see nobody:nobody for owner??? The reading says apache:apache for CENTOS and www-data:www-data for Ubuntu. Initially, some readings said root:www-data but www-data:www-data eventually got rid of the Forced Credentials for me.
    You gotta understand ownership and permissions when migrating and see into your directories what’s happening.

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  • Plugin Author JetBackup

    (@backupguard)

    Dear @ imanfiqrie,

    Generally this problem appears due to the configurations set in wp-config.php. If you add this line in your wp-config.php you’ll get rid of the FTP prompt during installation:

    define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');

    Thread Starter imanfiqrie

    (@imanfiqrie)

    Still not up yet, but that’s because of Amazon Web Services SSL process using other services required like CloudFront or S3 Buckets and not the plugin.

    Plugin Author JetBackup

    (@backupguard)

    @imanfiqrie were you able to fix everything on your side?

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