Help please. Ending old server to new server.

Posted by krazykatz911@reddit | linuxadmin | View on Reddit | 1 comments

Thank you in advance. I am definitely not an expert by any means. I have a hybrid vps centos server through a big web company. Centos is at end of life. So they built me a new server with almalinux. The new hybrid vps server is a cookie cutter design so I need to make sure all my server ini and conf files are the same before deleting the old server.

What config files should I be looking for to copy over to the new server. I don’t want to run into any issues.

Also the old server has a ton of pearl modules installed (most all from when they built it for me). The new server has just a handful. Is there any way to know which I actually need?

Nameserver Selection - Which selection is best? PowerDNS or Bind? old server was bind?

mod_suphp is not installed but mod_ruid2 is on the new server, I can't use SUPHD with Mod_ruid2 on.

I may have some other questions. Thank you so much for your patience and help.

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5BillionDicks@reddit

Don't focus on your old server's state or configs. Install your web server/SQL server/PHP/etc, migrate your app over and install the known dependencies (start with the requirements listed in your app's CMS/framework readme), then test it (via a hosts file edit is best) and check the web server and app error logs for anything obvious. Once you're happy with how the app performed in testing, switch the DNS over to the new server. Last step is to pray.