Gaps in the Migration from windows to linux article

[jonwbstr]

This article gives a general overview and glosses over some key areas
https://github.com/Azure/wordpress-linux-appservice/blob/main/WordPress/wordpress_migration_linux_appservices.md

Here is just one of the challenges I faced...

I deployed a new linux web app using managed identity. Didn't know how to access mysql for the new web app. After deleting and redeploying the site without managed identity, I found this article... wish I had found it before spending 3 weeks and 2 support tickets trying unsuccessfully to get help.

wordpress-linux-appservice/WordPress/wordpress_enable_managed_identity_with_mysql.md at main · Azure/wordpress-linux-appservice · GitHub

[jonwbstr]

Another challenge was exporting the MySQL database from my existing azure wordpress on windows web app. I eventually found a link that opened phpmyadmin and was able to perform an export.

[jonwbstr]

Another challenge is that I downloaded the wp-content folder from the production site and when uploading it to the new site, it tended to fail. The upload doesn't take long but if the page times out while the site is decompressing the file the wp-content folder becomes corrupt.

I ended up uploading the .zip file via filezilla and using unzip.

[jonwbstr]

I would have liked a guide written with all the instructions end to end for a default deployment of wordpress on windows to a default deployment of wordpress on linux. Maybe even describing how to perform that default deployment of wordpress on linux. I didn't choose to be forced to migrate, so make the migration as easy as possible.