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beck24/elgg\_copy
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A tool to sync data between a production and develpment elgg instance

3.0.0(10y ago)124GPL-2.0PHP

Since Nov 24Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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Elgg Copy
=========

[](#elgg-copy)

A tool for cloning an elgg installation from a master installation (production?) to a development installation. The development installation will request all components of the installation from the master installation. They will be downloaded, configured, and replace the existing data on dev. This is useful when you need to get the latest code from a production site while trying to debug something.

Note that this uses some system commands such as mysqldump, gzip, curl, etc and will likely not work for windows. Who's using windows for dev anyway?

Installation
============

[](#installation)

Clone/unzip the elgg\_copy plugin to mod/elgg\_copy on both the development install and the master install

On the settings page a "Request Key" will be generated. Copy the request key from the master installation to the plugin settings of dev. Enter the URL of the master installation in the plugin settings of dev.

Check the boxes corresponding to what should be copied from master - mod/data/database

No settings are required on the master installation.

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

A button will be added to the admin control widget. Clicking that button will initiate the sync from master.

Security
========

[](#security)

Master will only provide the data to download on a hard-to guess URL based on a cryptographic request key. This key can be regenerated in the settings of master if there is reason to think it has been compromised. It is recommended, however, that this plugin should be disabled on master the majority of the time and only activated when a sync needs to happen.

The ability to sync the mod directory requires the mod directory of the dev environment to be writable by the server. This isn't recommended for production but should be fine for a local dev environment.

One additional note - the entire contents of the site will be transferred over standard http protocol, it is recommended that this only be used on production sites that are secured with ssl.

This is a tool of convenience, use at your own risk.

Notes
=====

[](#notes)

The database prefix must be the same on both installations

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 57% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~8 days

Recently: every ~1 days

Total

8

Last Release

3808d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.0.02015-11-25

1.0.1 → 3.0.02016-01-14

1.12.x-dev → 2.0.12016-01-20

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/738363?v=4)[Matt Beckett](/maintainers/beck24)[@beck24](https://github.com/beck24)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

plugindevcloneelggcopydevelopment

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