Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 19:36:52 -0400 (AST) From: FreeBSD Questions Account <freebsd@cfxu.stfx.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Replicating a Production Machine for Testing Message-ID: <20030310193617.O38199-100000@cfxu.stfx.ca>
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Hi Everyone, I'm in a bit of a situation. I have a production system that is to remain up, it acts as a web server for several virtual domains, and has a web based interface written in perl which integrates among other things Apache with many modules, qMail (mySQL Powered), and BIND DNS. The versions of Apache and PHP are getting a little out of date so I would like to make a replicated version of the server here in order to test out upgrading the system to make sure I don't run in to a hitch on the production system. I have the list of ports installed in /var/db/pkg, but I don't think just installing them would provide a real replication of the system, is there any way I can just put the system files ( without the hosted sites for space sake ) in a tarball and replicate the installation? Is there anyone that might be able to fill me in on the best process I should use to get a perfectly (or close enough) replication of the production system? Thanks! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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