Use rsync to clone one server to another?
I have two Debian 9 servers, server A and Server B.
Server A is a LAMP stack server.
Server A is slow. Server B is fast.
I want to clone server A to server B without shutting down server A.
How do I do that?
I think I can do something like this:
- Install Debian 9 on server B as a base installation
- use rsync to copy over all of
/home/from A to B, then copy over /etc/passwd, /etc/groups, and /etc/shadow - Dump the packages that are installed on A, create a script to install those on B.
- Dump the MySQL databases from A, copy to B, and import
- Copy over the contents of /etc/ with rsync.
Or... could I just rsync the ENTIRE server from B to A?
debian webserver clone
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I have two Debian 9 servers, server A and Server B.
Server A is a LAMP stack server.
Server A is slow. Server B is fast.
I want to clone server A to server B without shutting down server A.
How do I do that?
I think I can do something like this:
- Install Debian 9 on server B as a base installation
- use rsync to copy over all of
/home/from A to B, then copy over /etc/passwd, /etc/groups, and /etc/shadow - Dump the packages that are installed on A, create a script to install those on B.
- Dump the MySQL databases from A, copy to B, and import
- Copy over the contents of /etc/ with rsync.
Or... could I just rsync the ENTIRE server from B to A?
debian webserver clone
asked 18 mins ago
DrDamnitDrDamnit
1064
maybe you wanna check this other q: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/256138/… :)
– Kramer
11 mins ago
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I have two Debian 9 servers, server A and Server B.
Server A is a LAMP stack server.
Server A is slow. Server B is fast.
I want to clone server A to server B without shutting down server A.
How do I do that?
I think I can do something like this:
- Install Debian 9 on server B as a base installation
- use rsync to copy over all of
/home/from A to B, then copy over /etc/passwd, /etc/groups, and /etc/shadow - Dump the packages that are installed on A, create a script to install those on B.
- Dump the MySQL databases from A, copy to B, and import
- Copy over the contents of /etc/ with rsync.
Or... could I just rsync the ENTIRE server from B to A?
debian webserver clone
asked 18 mins ago
DrDamnitDrDamnit
1064
I have two Debian 9 servers, server A and Server B.
Server A is a LAMP stack server.
Server A is slow. Server B is fast.
I want to clone server A to server B without shutting down server A.
How do I do that?
I think I can do something like this:
- Install Debian 9 on server B as a base installation
- use rsync to copy over all of
/home/from A to B, then copy over /etc/passwd, /etc/groups, and /etc/shadow - Dump the packages that are installed on A, create a script to install those on B.
- Dump the MySQL databases from A, copy to B, and import
- Copy over the contents of /etc/ with rsync.
Or... could I just rsync the ENTIRE server from B to A?
debian webserver clone
debian webserver clone
asked 18 mins ago
DrDamnitDrDamnit
1064
asked 18 mins ago
DrDamnitDrDamnit
1064
asked 18 mins ago
DrDamnitDrDamnit
1064
asked 18 mins ago
DrDamnitDrDamnit
1064
asked 18 mins ago
DrDamnitDrDamnit
1064
1064
maybe you wanna check this other q: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/256138/… :)
– Kramer
11 mins ago
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maybe you wanna check this other q: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/256138/… :)
– Kramer
11 mins ago
maybe you wanna check this other q: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/256138/… :)
– Kramer
11 mins ago
maybe you wanna check this other q: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/256138/… :)
– Kramer
11 mins ago
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