Data that needs to be migrated manually

Data that needs to be migrated manually

There are three types of data that need to be manually migrated:

• Media
• Storefront design
• ACLs

Media

This section discusses how to manually migrate media files.

Media files stored in the database

This section applies to you only if you store media files in the Magento database. This step should be performed before migration of data:

1. Log in to the Magento 1 Admin Panel as an administrator.
2. Click System > Configuration > ADVANCED > System.
3. In the right pane, scroll to Storage Configuration for Media.
4. From the Select Media Database list, click the name of your media storage database.
5. Click Synchronize.

After that, use the following steps:

1. Log in to the Magento 2 Admin as an administrator.
2. Click Stores > Configuration > ADVANCED > System.
3. In the right pane, scroll to Storage Configuration for Media.
4. From the Select Media Database list, click the name of your media storage database.
5. Click Synchronize.

Media files on the file system

All media files (for example, images for products, categories, the WYSIWYG editor, and so on) should be copied manually from <your Magento 1 install dir>/media to <your Magento 2 install dir>/pub/media.

However, do not copy .htaccess files located in the Magento 1 media folder. Magento 2 has its own .htaccess that should be preserved.

Storefront design

• Design in files (css, js, templates, XML layouts) changed its location and format
• Layout Updates stored in database. Placed through Magento 1 Admin in CMS Pages, CMS Widgets, Category Pages and Product Pages

ACLs (Access Control Lists)

• You must manually re-create all credentials for web services APIs (that is, SOAP, XML-RPC, and REST)
• You must manually re-create all administrative users and associate them with access privileges

Related topics

• After migration