[LON-CAPA-admin] Server migration

[Guy Albertelli II]

Hi Stefan,

Gerd's list was close....

Let me know if anything need more clarification.


* install LON-CAPA on the new server as "standalone," using a new IP  
  address and DNS name, and test it
  (you can use the rsync command below to seed /home with the existing
   data, but you'll need to run the UPDATE script afterwards and set it to
   standalone again after running the rsync command)

-- once you are ready to do the switch --

* shut down LON-CAPA services on the old server (stop httpd/loncontrol)
* shut down LON-CAPA services on the new server (stop httpd/loncontrol)
* replace the contents of /home on the new box with that of the old
  rsync works well for this (run this command on the new machine):
     rsync  --delete -avze "ssh" polya.informatik.fh-wolfenbuettel.de:/home/ /home
  (note that _is_ /home/ on the first path and just /home on the
   second. If you don't get that correct you'll end up with
   /home/home/ on the new machine)
* transfer /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group, /etc/gshadow
* if you had made changes to other files in /etc you will need to
  migrate those settings over
* completely shut down the old box, or unplug the network, or change
  the IP address on it. (make it disappear)
* change the hostname on the new machine to the same DNS name as the old
* either
   - switch the IP address of the new box to be the same as the old
     (I highly suggest this one. On Fedora you can easily change both
      the IP and the hostname using the xwindows application
      system-config-network )
   or
   - switch the DNS entry
* run the loncapa UPDATE prcoedure, configure it to be in the
  production cluster and give it the settings you had on the old box
* reboot the new box

-- 
guy at albertelli.com   0-7-1-6-27,137