Moving ISPConfig3 from Ubuntu to Debian

Hi.

I want to move all my server contents from Ubuntu to Debian. I have tried searching the forums for a solution to this. But all I find is and old thread for ISPConfig2, which does not seem to be valid for ISPConfig3.

Can someone please tell me step-by-step what to do? I'm running latest version of ISPConfig3.

Thanks in advance for any assistance

 

Hy!

at folowing link you will find more info:

http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-debian-lenny-ispconfig3

 

That's the guide for installing ISPC3 on Debian. What I want to know is how to move an existing ISPConfig3 installation from one system to another, in this case from Ubuntu -> Debian.

Thanks anaway though

 

Anyone know how to do this?

 

I'm sorry, I've never tried this.

 

Sorry for reviving this old thread, but now I really need to do this.

Is there anyone with experience or knowledge out there who can point me in the right direction please?

Thanks for any help.

EDIT: I have a Debian server running and ready, with freshly installed ISPConfig3 on.

/Jim

 

Thanks a lot, I'll give it a go

 

Migrating ispconfig3 from fedora 10 to Debian

Please if anyone knows which way to do it, or some links that would help me. Thanks in forward

 

do you mean copy folder ispconfig in /var/lib/mysql till? i suggest to shutdown mysqld first if database is opened.

 

okay till thanks to clarify. its more clearly now

 

It seems to be working, but after the move, none of my mails are showing in Squirrelmail or Roundcube ( I get new mails in fine, and can send as well. But my 500+ mails are not showing They are located under /var/vmail under my folder.



Please help.

Thanks
Jim

mail.err

Code:

Nov  5 03:15:14 node01 postfix/trivial-rewrite[7896]: fatal: proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_domains.cf(0,lock|fold_fix): table lookup problem
Nov  5 03:15:16 node01 postfix/trivial-rewrite[7897]: fatal: proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_domains.cf(0,lock|fold_fix): table lookup problem
Nov  5 03:16:17 node01 postfix/trivial-rewrite[7904]: fatal: proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_domains.cf(0,lock|fold_fix): table lookup problem
Nov  5 03:17:18 node01 postfix/trivial-rewrite[7929]: fatal: proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_domains.cf(0,lock|fold_fix): table lookup problem
Nov  5 03:18:19 node01 postfix/trivial-rewrite[7941]: fatal: proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_domains.cf(0,lock|fold_fix): table lookup problem
Nov  5 03:19:20 node01 postfix/trivial-rewrite[7952]: fatal: proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_domains.cf(0,lock|fold_fix): table lookup problem
Nov  5 03:19:21 node01 postfix/trivial-rewrite[7954]: fatal: proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_domains.cf(0,lock|fold_fix): table lookup problem
Nov  5 03:20:21 node01 postfix/trivial-rewrite[8016]: fatal: proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_domains.cf(0,lock|fold_fix): table lookup problem
Nov  5 03:20:51 node01 dovecot: auth-worker(default): mysql: Connect failed to localhost (dbispconfig): Access denied for user 'ispconfig'@'localhost' (using password: YES) - waiting for 1 seconds before retry

I have fixed the access denied for localhost, so that's not the problem

EDIT: I don't recall "dovecot" from my "old" system, can that have something to do with this???

EDIT2: See picture attachment, for some reason my current mail setup looks in the "MailDir" folder and not in the root of the account.

EDIT3: I also changed from Courier to Dovecot in the ISPConfig admin, still same problem.

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Please try imapsync to move your emails: http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-migrate-mailboxes-between-imap-servers-with-imapsync

 

That would require me to know the users passwords, which I don't. Is there no other way around this? Can't I install Courier again instead of dovecot??

Thanks

 

Following this -> http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-debian-lenny-ispconfig3-p3 from number 9 and installed courier again, everything is working and as a side note, performance IS MUCH BETTER with courier.

Is there anything I should be aware of doing this? How do I make sure that Dovecot is completely removed?

I have run: apt-get remove dovecot

but it states that it is not present, but I can run /etc/init.d/dovecot start|stop with success :s

Thanks again.

 

Try

Code:

apt-get purge dovecot

 

Code:

node01:~# apt-get purge dovecot
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package dovecot is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
node01:~#

Still able to execute:

Code:

node01:~# /etc/init.d/dovecot start
node01:~# /etc/init.d/dovecot stop
node01:~#

Thanks again.

 

Try

Code:

apt-get --purge remove dovecot