[Solved] G2 import into G3 failing: "The path you entered is not a Gallery 2 installation."

Gizmokid2005

Joined: 2008-07-24
Posts: 36

Posted: Sun, 2011-03-06 20:19

Alright, yes I searched, and no I didn't find help

Long story short, I am moving webhosts (going onto my own VPS finally off of some shared hosting) and decided while I'm at it, I should upgrade to G3! The G3 install went off without a hitch and I found the G2Import module and enabled it. Problem is I'm getting told that the G2 installation path I've provided is not valid.

Gallery3 resides at http://gallery.gizmokid2005.com which is correct.

Gallery2 USED to reside on another server (and still is there at http;//gallery2.gizmokid2005.com), and is currently on the SAME server as the new install at http://gizmokid2005.com/gallery (and both work identically).

The path to the new server's G2 install is /var/www/html/gizmokid2005/public_html/gallery/embed.php which I've verified. g2data is at /var/www/g2data. Both directories are owned and writable by the proper apache/webuser.

I'm out of ideas...help?

tempg

Joined: 2005-12-17
Posts: 1633

Posted: Mon, 2011-03-07 14:43

Maybe try moving Gallery3 to the root directory (instead of a subdomain)?
Theoretically, it may not matter if they're accessible to the same user, but may be worth a try.
(Should be extremely easy and straightforward to copy Gallery3 over.)

Gizmokid2005

Joined: 2008-07-24
Posts: 36

Posted: Mon, 2011-03-07 15:49

Wow...ironically that seems to have worked...even though the user permissions were fine previously...ahh well. I suppose we can consider this solved. I wouldn't have thought this could be an issue, but that's why I asked the experts! :D

Thanks again for the help. This can be marked solved.

tempg

Joined: 2005-12-17
Posts: 1633

Posted: Mon, 2011-03-07 15:56

You should be able to move Gallery3 back to the subdomain after the migration from Gallery2 (if you choose to).
Glad it's working!

Gizmokid2005

Joined: 2008-07-24
Posts: 36

Posted: Mon, 2011-03-07 16:18

Yep, already did. I like how seamlessly Gallery3 handles moving from being a subdir to being a subdomain. I remember gallery2 wasn't quite as friendly. There was a bit of config editing that had to happen to make it work.

Thanks again for the help! And thanks to all the devs for such a great product!

Gizmokid2005 Joined: 2008-07-24 Posts: 36	Posted: Sun, 2011-03-06 20:19
	Alright, yes I searched, and no I didn't find help Long story short, I am moving webhosts (going onto my own VPS finally off of some shared hosting) and decided while I'm at it, I should upgrade to G3! The G3 install went off without a hitch and I found the G2Import module and enabled it. Problem is I'm getting told that the G2 installation path I've provided is not valid. Gallery3 resides at http://gallery.gizmokid2005.com which is correct. Gallery2 USED to reside on another server (and still is there at http;//gallery2.gizmokid2005.com), and is currently on the SAME server as the new install at http://gizmokid2005.com/gallery (and both work identically). The path to the new server's G2 install is /var/www/html/gizmokid2005/public_html/gallery/embed.php which I've verified. g2data is at /var/www/g2data. Both directories are owned and writable by the proper apache/webuser. I'm out of ideas...help?
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tempg Joined: 2005-12-17 Posts: 1633	Posted: Mon, 2011-03-07 14:43
	Maybe try moving Gallery3 to the root directory (instead of a subdomain)? Theoretically, it may not matter if they're accessible to the same user, but may be worth a try. (Should be extremely easy and straightforward to copy Gallery3 over.)

Gizmokid2005 Joined: 2008-07-24 Posts: 36	Posted: Mon, 2011-03-07 15:49
	Wow...ironically that seems to have worked...even though the user permissions were fine previously...ahh well. I suppose we can consider this solved. I wouldn't have thought this could be an issue, but that's why I asked the experts! :D Thanks again for the help. This can be marked solved.

tempg Joined: 2005-12-17 Posts: 1633	Posted: Mon, 2011-03-07 15:56
	You should be able to move Gallery3 back to the subdomain after the migration from Gallery2 (if you choose to). Glad it's working!

Gizmokid2005 Joined: 2008-07-24 Posts: 36	Posted: Mon, 2011-03-07 16:18
	Yep, already did. I like how seamlessly Gallery3 handles moving from being a subdir to being a subdomain. I remember gallery2 wasn't quite as friendly. There was a bit of config editing that had to happen to make it work. Thanks again for the help! And thanks to all the devs for such a great product!

[Solved] G2 import into G3 failing: "The path you entered is not a Gallery 2 installation."

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