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  • Page 1

    Nvision.com, Inc. Fr eeBSD Server to Fr eeBSD v2 Server Self Migration Pr ocess for Fr eeBSD v2 Server Administrators First Edition September, 2003[...]

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    Nvision.com, Inc. Migrating from a FreeB SD Server to a FreeBSD v2 Server Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................. 1 Starting the Shad ow Process ....................................................[...]

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    Nvision.com, Inc. Migrating from a FreeB SD Server to a FreeBSD v2 Server Introduction The shad ow proces s for a Free BS D Server to a FreeBSD v2 Serv er is meant to be a self- migration for u sers with VPS experi ence. This document does not explain the differences between a FreeBSD Server and a FreeBSD v2 Server. However, this document step s yo[...]

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    Nvision.com, Inc. Migrating from a FreeB SD Server to a FreeBSD v2 Server Creating Users Your first task after the shadow process is to create your users by running the addacc ounts.pl script. To do this: 1. SHH to your new FreeBSD v2 Server and in the command line, type: % cd /.migrate/bin %./addaccounts.pl accountname where “accountname” is y[...]

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    Nvision.com, Inc. Migrating from a FreeB SD Server to a FreeBSD v2 Server i. Press Enter to create the directory. j. Press Enter or type y if the inform ation is correct. k. Select a location for the transfer logs. l. Press Enter or type y if the information is correct. m. Select a location fo r the error l ogs. n. Press Enter or type y if the info[...]

  • Page 6

    Nvision.com, Inc. Migrating from a FreeB SD Server to a FreeBSD v2 Server Migrating Sendmail and Mail programs If you are usi ng Procm ail, Spamassassin, Major domo, or a ny other m ail program t hat needs to make modi fications to the sendmail.cf fi le, you need t o: 1. Do a vinstall of these programs first. To see a list of available vinstalls ty[...]

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    Nvision.com, Inc. Migrating from a FreeB SD Server to a FreeBSD v2 Server The migratesm script updates ALIASES_TODO and backs up t he previous copy in /etc/mail/ALIASES_TODO.0. Additionally, if you have any Majordo mo mailing list in the default location of ~/usr/local/majordo mo/Lists/, those lists will be copied to the FreeBSD v2 Server default l[...]

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    Nvision.com, Inc. Migrating from a FreeB SD Server to a FreeBSD v2 Server Vinstalling Additional Add-ons Since your server is a new server, you will need to vinstall any additional programs that you may have installed on your FreeB SD Server account. Th ere may not be a vinstall for some of the programs that you had installed in the FreeBSD Server [...]

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    Nvision.com, Inc. Migrating from a FreeB SD Server to a FreeBSD v2 Server Migrating Databases Only MySQL, the most popular database that is used with the VPS servers, is covere d. 1. Vinstall the MySQL database by typing the following at the shell prompt: % vinstall mysql The vinstall will prompt you whether to install MySQL using the Ports collect[...]

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    Nvision.com, Inc. Migrating from a FreeB SD Server to a FreeBSD v2 Server Moving Your Custom Digital Certificate The default digital certificate is already on your n ew VPSv2 server. This pro cedure applies only to custom certificate. 1. Using FTP or another method, co py the certifi cate and Private Key files to the ne w server. Both the certifica[...]

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    Nvision.com, Inc. Migrating from a FreeB SD Server to a FreeBSD v2 Server Migrating Time-Sensitive Material There are three areas requiring migration that are time sensitive: • DNS • Mail • Databases These have to be migrated with minimum downtime and without losing information. Fo r this reason, they migrated last. Perform the following step[...]

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    Nvision.com, Inc. Migrating from a FreeB SD Server to a FreeBSD v2 Server domain will now point to the FreeBSD v2 Server instead. You will need to do this manually since there may be many different names for mail folders. 7. Migrate your databases from MySQL. To do this, SSH into your FreeBSD Serveru sing the IP address. 8. Perform a mysqldum p on [...]

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    Document Conventions Document Conventions The conventions used in this document are designed to be completely predictab le and are used for the following specific purposes. Conventions List Typeface Usage Italic Used to indicate the following: • The first mention of new terms in any information unit. For example: The rudaplex and the strataguide [...]

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    Document Conventions 11 Special Elements These elements provide a variety of in formation ranging from warnings that the reader s hould not neglect to supplementary information and tip s that will simply enhance their reading experience. Tip Used to point out helpful ideas, som e not-so-obvio us features, quick or alternate ways to get a part icula[...]