Applies To
Software | Version |
---|---|
Acrolinx Server | Version 2.10 or later |
Major Steps
- Create a database backup of your existing terminology database.
- Prepare your PostgreSQL database.
- Edit the Acrolinx database configuration properties.
- Restore your database backup.
Creating a Database Backup of Your Existing Terminology Database
If you are migrating an existing Acrolinx terminology database to an external database, you must first create a database backup from your existing Acrolinx Server installation.
To open the database backups page:
- In the Navigation Menu, click Terminology > Import and Export > Database Backups.
To create a database backup, follow these steps:
- Click Create Database Backup.
- Right click the Download Link that appears, and click Save Target As.
Preparing Your PostgreSQL Database
To prepare an external PostgreSQL database for storing terminology, follow these steps:
Editing the Acrolinx Database Configuration Properties
You can configure a connection to an external terminology database by creating an overlay of the installed persistence properties file. You update the persistence properties overlay with the connection details for your database and restart the Acrolinx Server.
To configure the Acrolinx Terminology Manager to connect to your database, follow these steps:
Restoring your Database Backup
If you have configured the Acrolinx to connect to a different database for storing terminology and want to use existing terminology data, you must restore a database backup made from your original terminology database.
To open the database backups page:
- In the Navigation Menu, click Terminology > Import and Export > Database Backups.
To restore a database backup, follow these steps:
- Locate the database backup file using the Browse button.
- Click Restore Database Backup.
- In the security dialog which appears, enter
the word
yes and click
OK.
Tip: This type of dialog is an extra precaution to prevent you from overwriting your terminology database unintentionally.
The import operation starts and a confirmation prompt appears when the import has completed.
- Restart all servers (for more information,
see the
Acrolinx Server
Administration Guide).
Important: If the configurations of all installed language servers are not reloaded, the term help files do not load correctly.