I need to move my LAMP installation (Centos 5.3, Apache 2, Mysql, Bind, Postfix, all the installed Perl modules, SSL certificate etc.)
to new hardware
old hardware: compaq proliant DL360 g3 in RAID 1 (2 disks à 30GB)
new: Compaq Proliant DL360 g3 in RAID 1 (2 disks à 130GB)
Now my question: what is the simplest way to achieve this?
- have I to install centos 5.3 on the new server, or can I create an image of the old server?
- it would be great if someone could help with a STEP BY STEP guide
Current status: RAID 1 has been configured on the new server
Thanks
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The old server is co-located in another city. Best would be if I could setup the new box at home and once finished, bring it in to the server center.
Installation of Centos on the new box is not a problem. I need to know which folder I need from the old machine to preserve theconfiguration of httpd, Mysql, Bind, Postfix, all the installed Perl modules, SSL certificate etc.
So I could pack each folder and download it
i.e. the folder /home with all the web data
They could be anywhere as it is perfectly possible to configure these daemons anywhere and just tell the daemons where to look for the configuration files at start-up. But the defaults are:
/etc/httpd/ is where the Apache configurations and so on are kept.
/etc/my.cnf MySQL database (don't forget the database though)
/var/named/ is the DNS stuff (could be chrooted to there too) & /etc/named.conf
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/ is where you're *supposed* to install your site specific perl stuff
/var/www/perl is where the /perl/ is (by default) in the URL of httpd
The web site stuff (including logs and so on) is supposed to be in /var/www/
/etc/sysconfig/httpd httpd configuration file (most people probably don't use this and just use /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
/etc/postfix for postfix (don't forget your mail directory too)
Probably best to look at the web sites in /etc/httpd/conf.d/ & each config file will tell you where the web site gets it's data from and to.
Hope this helps.
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by: elf_binPosted on 2009-05-14 at 05:15:59ID: 24383997
Simplest way? Keep the disks the same (RAID and so on) and use clonezilla (http://clonezilla.org/) to clone the entire machine to the new one (remembering to switch off the old one before you switch on the new one). You may have a few issues with hardware drivers, but the OS *should* sort that out for you.