migrate to new server

[aFc]

Are there any special rules that I need to follow, or need to know if I want to transfer my TNG site to another host?

[JP Ford]

Very interested in this question with a slightly different slant; I just set up an ubuntu LAMP server and would like to move my hosted TNG site to the new server. Everything is ready. I'm assuming that a simple download of the entire site along with an export/import of the database via phpmyadmin will do the trick. I tried to follow the guide at https://www.tngsitebuilding.com/blog/genealogywebsites/uncategorized/moving-your-tng-site-to-a-new-host , but all I get are repeated errors "cannot open file [table name]" for all the backedup tables when I try to import in the admin interface.

UPDATE: I managed to resolve all my issues and site is now spun up on new server. Issues were mainly permissions-related. Once I had those in order, I was able to move forward. Removing existing users from my users table was necessary before I could everything restored.