Create a Racktables server
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* Look at the inc/secret.php file - it contains the password and database backend information. Securely store this information. | * Look at the inc/secret.php file - it contains the password and database backend information. Securely store this information. | ||
* Backup the current database, in case of mishap. | * Backup the current database, in case of mishap. | ||
| + | * If you are not naming the new host racktables.wikimedia.org , got to the apache sites-available directory and edit the racktables.wikimedia.org file to have the correct host name | ||
* go to https://newhost/install.php - click through the steps and put the correct backend database information in. | * go to https://newhost/install.php - click through the steps and put the correct backend database information in. | ||
If you want to upgrade | If you want to upgrade | ||
| − | * If you want to upgrade to the (current as of 2011/12) .19 branch, you must first upgrade to .18. | + | * If you want to upgrade to the (current as of 2011/12) .19 branch, you must first upgrade to .18.7 branch. |
* Grab the .tar.gz from the racktables repository. Untar this. | * Grab the .tar.gz from the racktables repository. Untar this. | ||
* Copy the files over to the current directory. By default this is /srv/org/wikimedia/racktables | * Copy the files over to the current directory. By default this is /srv/org/wikimedia/racktables | ||
* Go to https://newhost/upgrade.php - click through the steps again. | * Go to https://newhost/upgrade.php - click through the steps again. | ||
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| + | Upgrading to the .19 branch | ||
| + | The .19 branch is special. When you unpack the tarball, you only need the wwwroot directory. | ||
| + | * Copy the wwwroot directory to /srv/org/wikimedia/racktables | ||
| + | * Go to https://newhost/index.php | ||
| + | * Click on the upgrade link and through all of the steps. | ||
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| + | [[Category:How-To]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Operations]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:57, 29 June 2012
- Add the misc::racktables group to server
- Copy the directory /srv/org/wikimedia/racktables from the old server to the new server
- Reload apache
- Look at the inc/secret.php file - it contains the password and database backend information. Securely store this information.
- Backup the current database, in case of mishap.
- If you are not naming the new host racktables.wikimedia.org , got to the apache sites-available directory and edit the racktables.wikimedia.org file to have the correct host name
- go to https://newhost/install.php - click through the steps and put the correct backend database information in.
If you want to upgrade
- If you want to upgrade to the (current as of 2011/12) .19 branch, you must first upgrade to .18.7 branch.
- Grab the .tar.gz from the racktables repository. Untar this.
- Copy the files over to the current directory. By default this is /srv/org/wikimedia/racktables
- Go to https://newhost/upgrade.php - click through the steps again.
Upgrading to the .19 branch The .19 branch is special. When you unpack the tarball, you only need the wwwroot directory.
- Copy the wwwroot directory to /srv/org/wikimedia/racktables
- Go to https://newhost/index.php
- Click on the upgrade link and through all of the steps.
