Re: [cobalt-users] moving sites to cobalt raq

[Götz Lohmann <goetz.lohmann@xxxxxx>]

> "Ashby Gochenour" <ashby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I am planning on moving about 1000 web sites from a few various web
> servers to
> > a few cobalt raqs. I was wondering if there is any good way to 'mass
> move'
> web
> > sites from another apache server into a cobalt web raq?
> >
> > I know I could simply copy the httpd.conf and edit it on the raq
> > (but I'd still have to manually tar/create the new directories and move
> > each site by hand)
> > I'm looking for a way to have the sites included in the raq
> administration
> GUI
> > without having to enter them in one by one. Does anyone have any scripts
> or
> > any experience with integrating many sites onto/into cobalt raq servers.
> 
> I don't have any scripts available to help you, but Cobalt has made some
> shell scripts available that might be useful.  Also, please post the RaQ
> model you are planning on migrating to.  Newer models store user and site
> info. in a PostgreSQL database, while older models don't so your plan of
> attack will be different depending on the model.
>

maybe the important thing is the PostgreSQL database ! ... everything you
see in your admin interface is only queryd from this database ... if make
changes to the httpd.conf the database will not be updated and you cant see all
your work ... so if you realy plan to mass move sites you also have to write
scripts to build maybe a postgres dump file wich all information about,
sitename, ip, user, quota, etc. also you may change the file structure, update the
data in the passwd for the users etc. ... maybe TO MUCH work and the
PostgreSQL database is very tricky, one failure and you blow your whole admin page.

I dont want do depress you but, if you still wish to do this you get all my
wishes and maybe help I give ... but I for myself wouldn't never ever do this
!

regards Götz Lohmann

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