Migrating fresh Prestashop from WAMP to LAMP

Original package and environment :

• Prestashop 1.7.0.4
• WAMP server 64 bit 3.0.6
• Windows 10

Target package and environment :

• Prestashop 1.7.0.4 (the same as original package)
• LAMP - Ubuntu 16.04, Apache2.4, MySQL 5.7.17, PHP 7

Migration  procedure :

1. Exporting Prestashop database from WAMP as .sql or whatever format you prefer
2. Importing Prestashop database into LAMP
• Make sure your Prestashop database on LAMP allows the same access permisson as that of Prestashop on WAMP
3. Packing Prestashop installation folder from WAMP as .zip or whatever format you prefer
4. Unzip and deploy Prestashop in LAMP (ex. /var/www/html/prestashop )
5. Turn on the development mode of Prestashop
• Edit prestashop/config/defines.inc.php, alter define('_PS_MODE_DEV_', false) to true
6. Start LAMP and browsing your migrated Prestashop website
• It is possible that some PHP module needs to be installed and turned on. Just following the error messages and do what you have to do.
• If you encounter an issue that front-end shows empty pages :
• remove .htaccess in your /var/www/html/prestashop
• enter your Prestashop backend, find friendly URL option in configure => shop parameters => traffic => SEO, slide down, turn off friendly URL option, and save to regenerate .htaccess
•  If you encounter an issue that your connection is always redirected to localhost :
• enter your Prestashop MySQL DB, alter PS_SHOP_DOMAIN and PS_SHOP_DOMAIN_SSL from localhost to specified IP or domain
• enter your Prestashop backend, find configure => shop parameters => traffic => SEO, slide down, alter domain and domain_ssl from localhost to specified IP or domain
7. Done