Re: migrating dovecot to new server
Hello, Thanks, the directory structure and files will all be the same so i'll just rsync. Thanks. Dave. On 5/29/20, Francis Augusto Medeiros-Logeay wrote: > I did what Aki said. Actually I moved it all to a new server and to docker > containers. From Dovecot 2.2 to 2.3. And it worked fine. Of course one > always forget something - the path for the certificates, the different > directory for mounting storage, etc. > > But am surprise and happy that it worked very well. > > __ > Francis Augusto Medeiros-Logeay > Oslo, Norway > Sent from a mobile device / Enviado a partir de dispositivo móvel > >> On 29 May 2020, at 19:33, Aki Tuomi wrote: >> >> >>> On 29/05/2020 20:12 Ralph Seichter wrote: >>> >>> >>> * David Mehler: >>> I'd ideally like to back up all the mails in the maildir location, copy that over, load in my configuration files, and bring the system back up. >>> >>> I don't think this qualifies as "ideal" for migration. My recommendation >>> is to set up the new server and configure Dovecot replication (see >>> Wiki). >>> >>> If you configured things correctly, migration will happen without >>> further intervention, and if there is a problem, you can resolve it in >>> your own time, without damaging the existing server and data. >>> >>> -Ralph >> >> If your directory structure *and* namespace structure stays the same, you >> can rsync files over. >> >> If you are going to change anything, do as Ralph suggests. >> >> Aki >
Re: migrating dovecot to new server
I did what Aki said. Actually I moved it all to a new server and to docker containers. From Dovecot 2.2 to 2.3. And it worked fine. Of course one always forget something - the path for the certificates, the different directory for mounting storage, etc. But am surprise and happy that it worked very well. __ Francis Augusto Medeiros-Logeay Oslo, Norway Sent from a mobile device / Enviado a partir de dispositivo móvel > On 29 May 2020, at 19:33, Aki Tuomi wrote: > > >> On 29/05/2020 20:12 Ralph Seichter wrote: >> >> >> * David Mehler: >> >>> I'd ideally like to back up all the mails in the maildir location, >>> copy that over, load in my configuration files, and bring the system >>> back up. >> >> I don't think this qualifies as "ideal" for migration. My recommendation >> is to set up the new server and configure Dovecot replication (see Wiki). >> >> If you configured things correctly, migration will happen without >> further intervention, and if there is a problem, you can resolve it in >> your own time, without damaging the existing server and data. >> >> -Ralph > > If your directory structure *and* namespace structure stays the same, you can > rsync files over. > > If you are going to change anything, do as Ralph suggests. > > Aki
Re: migrating dovecot to new server
> On 29/05/2020 20:12 Ralph Seichter wrote: > > > * David Mehler: > > > I'd ideally like to back up all the mails in the maildir location, > > copy that over, load in my configuration files, and bring the system > > back up. > > I don't think this qualifies as "ideal" for migration. My recommendation > is to set up the new server and configure Dovecot replication (see Wiki). > > If you configured things correctly, migration will happen without > further intervention, and if there is a problem, you can resolve it in > your own time, without damaging the existing server and data. > > -Ralph If your directory structure *and* namespace structure stays the same, you can rsync files over. If you are going to change anything, do as Ralph suggests. Aki
Re: migrating dovecot to new server
* David Mehler: > I'd ideally like to back up all the mails in the maildir location, > copy that over, load in my configuration files, and bring the system > back up. I don't think this qualifies as "ideal" for migration. My recommendation is to set up the new server and configure Dovecot replication (see Wiki). If you configured things correctly, migration will happen without further intervention, and if there is a problem, you can resolve it in your own time, without damaging the existing server and data. -Ralph
