Hi there, i've searched all the forum but haven't found a perfect procedure to migrate one server to another. So i want to migrate one server running ispconfig 3.0.5.3 with debian 7 to a new server with debian 7. So what is the correct procedure? Please be as accurate as possibile. Thank you!
why the change? get better machines? bigger disks? I was just thinking of ways to clone the disks or move the disks from one server to another
I do migrations this way when the distribution is the same: Prerequiste: the second server uses the same linux distribution then the old one, the setup has to be installed as described in the perfect setup guide, but ispconfig shall not be installed yet. 1) Copy the web* users + ssh users of the websites and the users getmail, vmail, ispconfig and client* groups + vmail, getmail and ispconfig from /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow /etc/gshadow and /etc/group from old to new server. just copy the lines that match the above criteria, dont copy the whole files! 2) get the ispconfig database password from config.inc.php file of the old server and note it down, we need it later. Ensure that the mysql root password is the same on the new server. 3) Install ispconfig on the new server, choose expert mode. In expert mode, the installer aks you for the password of the ispconfig mysql user. Use the password that you noted down in (2). 4) Stop mysql on the new server. then run: mv /var/lib/mysql /var/lib/mysql_bak now copy the mysql directory of the old server to /var/lib/ on the new server. Then copy the /etc/mysql/debian.cnf file from old to new server. Now start mysql on the new server again. 5) Copy /var/www, /var/log/ispconfig/httpd and /var/vmail from old to new server (e.g. with rsync). Ensure that you keep the file system permissions and ownerships. 6) Login to ispconfig, go to tools > resync. check all checkboxes and start the rsync. The resnc will write missing config files (e.g. for the vhosts, quota values, bin files etc. to disk again). 7) You're done Test your newly migrated setup before you go live.
I'm trying right now... For the db instead of brutaly copy, may a use a dump of all the DB on old server?
Problem... I've tried to disable clamv and amavis to free some resources, i'll migrate mail on a second server. I've done what written in this post http://www.faqforge.com/linux/controlpanels/ispconfig3/how-to-disable-spamfilter-and-antivirus-functions-in-ispconfig-3/. The forwarding mail, works fine, but the mail account residing on server give this error: Code: Dec 8 17:47:37 ns1 postfix/pipe[12522]: 09F05C51D: to=<[email protected]>, relay=dovecot, delay=3794, delays=3794/0.04/0/0.03, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (temporary failure. Command output: lda: Error: user [email protected]: Error reading configuration: Invalid settings: postmaster_address setting not given lda: Fatal: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. ) What's the problem?
Ok i've tried to setup it back as in the origin, but problem presist. The errore may be related to the migration, not for disabiling amavis and clam...
Hum i've found the solution. Following this upgrade procedure i've found that the file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf was like this Code: ... protocol lda { mail_plugins = sieve quota } i found that you got to add 1 line, so it looks like this Code: protocol lda { mail_plugins = sieve quota [B][I]postmaster_address = [email protected][/I][/B] } Dunno if this problem is related to the upgrade or to install process of ispconfig, but that's the fix.
Hum.... the strange fact is that on another installation of ispconfig, i saw that this parameter was missing, but all was working fine...
hey I ran through this, but when I went to the resync tools option, there is only the resync dns records. i copied all the relevant files over. also, when i try to view one of the sites, i get my centos apache test page and not the actual site
