[rt-users] Moving entire RT instance between two servers?

[Parish, Brent]

Hi Alex

I recently shifted from physical server to VM.
First I downloaded the RT source and ran the configure and make fixdeps to get all the required Perl modules on the target machine.
(I also had some other modules I needed outside of core for extensions and custom code, had to get those by hand)

Then (like you said) I simply tar’ed up /opt/rt4 and moved it over, and copied over the mail config (/etc/aliases, /etc/postfix/main.cf, etc), as well as Apache config files.

I used mysqldump to copy the database over

I recommend removing var/mason_data/obj/*  (clear Mason Cache) after the move, and for cleanliness I generally reset all the logs too (apache, rt, etc).
If you are concerned, you could also increase verbosity on Apache logs for a bit to keep an eye on things.

Just double check all your config files (mail, RT, and Apache) for things like hostname or something else specific to new machine)


-          Brent



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Subject: [rt-users] Moving entire RT instance between two servers?

Hi all,
I'm waiting for my work to set up a Debian server locally. In the meantime I continue to expand and use my test instance, which is on my own Digital Ocean server. When we have the local Debian server ready, is there any way for me to move the entire database from my server to the new one at work, along with the other configuration, fetchmailrc, and any other files? Or is overriding files and databases a recipe for disaster, and I'd be better off re-doing everything on the new server?

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Alex Hall
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