Hi, could you explain to me the procedure i need to follow to copy my ISPConfig datas on a new server ? My server is too old for supporting charge and i need to change it. I want to install ISPConfig on a new server : AMD 64 bits or pentium ? What do you advise ? I want to install it on Debian 3.1 (Amd 64 bits seems to be a bad choice...) I think i need to do that : 1) New debian and ISPConfig install 2) Copy /etc/passwd. /etc/shadow. /etc/group. /etc/gshadow. /etc/apache2. 3) Copy /var Do i need to have the same server name or that is not important ? (ISPConfig database have a field with that information...) Thanks for your help, i need to do that today because my old server will be die soon...
1) Install the same ISPConfig version on both servers. 2) Replace the ISPConfig database on the new server with a copy of the old database. But dont overwrite the table isp_server, it contains the server specific config from the installation process! 3) Copy the config files to your new server: - named.conf and the DNS domain files - /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group, /etc/gshadow but only the users that where created by ISPConfig in these files. - /etc/postfix/local-host-names, /etc/postfix/virtusertable - /etc/httpd/vhosts/Vhost_ispconfig.conf 4) Copy the website directory (home/www or /var/www) to your new server with preserved permissions and rights. 5) Copy client mySQL databases to your new server. 6) If you use mbox files, dont forget to copy them from /var/spool/mail to your new server
Thanks a lot Till !! >>5) Copy client mySQL databases to your new server. Can i copy /var/lib/mysql ?
Maybe. I wont copy the whole directory, just the subdirectorys with the client databases. Dont forget to stop your mysql server first. Later you can export the mysql users from the mysql database with e.g. phpmyadmin or try to copy also the mysql database, but I'am not sure if you might get problems with different mysql versions.
Ok, I want to copy the files with this command (disk with datas slave) Code: cp -r -p /var/www /var is it ok ?
I think this way you will copy /var/www to itself. You should copy it elsewhere, e.g. Code: cp -pfr /var/www /home
>>think this way you will copy /var/www to itself. you are right, it is stupid ) i want to do that : cp -pfr /mnt/olddisk/var/www /var it is ok ?
Another question about my reinstall : My "old" server has a 2.4 kernel. Should i reinstall my new ISPConfig with the same kernel or can i choose the 2.6 ? I change all my config : i bought a P4 630+ 3Ghz (replacing my Athlon XP 3000). I hope it will be self-important... )
Ok, last question Can i change IP Address of my new server after install from ISPConfig admin pages ? I don't want to reconfigure all my DNS domain files. How can i do it ? Thanks for your help !
The IP is stored in ISPConfig under server > management > settings. After you changed the IP there, you will have to change the IP in your linux network configuration
That is ok ! i installed ISPConfig and migrated all the datas on my new server. Thanks a lot for your help ! I want to describe what i done to help the ISPConfig community 1) I installed Sarge 3.1 + ISPConfig (Perfect setup) on my new server. In hostname i have the same name that my old server but i configured it with another IP address. 2) I stopped ISPConfig on my old server and created a tarball with : /etc/passwd /etc/shadow /etc/group /etc/gshadow Code: tar pczf /home/backup/users_conf.tar.gz /etc/passwd /etc/shadow /etc/group /etc/gshadow 3) I stopped all the services and created 4 others tarball : one for postfix files i needed : /etc/postfix/local-host-names /etc/postfix/vitusertable Code: tar pczf /home/backup/postfix.tar.gz /etc/postfix/local-host-names /etc/postfix/vitusertable second one with apache2 file : /etc/apache2/vhosts/Vhosts_ispconfig.conf Code: tar pczf /home/backup/apache2.tar.gz /etc/apache2/vhosts/Vhosts_ispconfig.conf Third file with mysql databases : /var/lib/mysql Code: tar pczf /home/backup/mysql.tar.gz /var/lib/mysql Fourth file with /var/www Code: tar pczf /home/backup/www.tar.gz /var/www And don't forget DNS zone files in /etc/bind if you have it... 4) I transferred all my tarballs on my new server and decompressed them. For the users files, i copied only the ISPConfig users like Till said I needed to change /etc/mysql/debian.cnf : I had an error when MYSQL started because the password in /etc/mysql/debian.cnf was not ok. I copied the old password on my new server. I needed to do a chown on /home/admispconfig Code: chown -R admispconfig:admispconfig /home/admispconfig 5) I halted my old server. I changed IP address of my new server : in /etc/hosts and /etc/network/interfaces I crossed my fingers i rebooted my new server and all was ok !!!! 6) I recreated rules for my Firewall and rebooted it. 7) I went to bed at 5 AM Now my load average is near 0.5 and all is ok Thanks Falko & Till for your help and sorry for my bad english !
