Editing NetHere (section)

= Migrating to LAMP Host Servers =

Below are outlines of the steps to migrate website & email hosting from nethere to lamphost configured servers. This is almost certainly incomplete at this stage. The exact steps to follow can vary depending on specifics of the client, so use this as a guide only. Be ready to adjust commands or add steps as needed.

== Edit Nethere DNS ==

ssh user@admin-1.nethere.net

sudo -i

ssh ns1.nethere.net

cd /named/master

co -l example.com

vi example.com

ci -u example.com

rndc reload example.com

Make sure to increment serial number by 1 each time a change is made.

== Migrate Website to nh5.jcihosting.net ==

Set TTL to 300 on ns1.nethere.net


Open up these web admins to get current account/site info:

http://toolbox.nethere.net/ -> Provisioning Tool (search for domain name)

https://secure.johncompanies.com/mgmt/index.html (search for col#####)


1.  Create the lamphost user.

https://www.lamphost.com/admin/user/user/create

username: col#####

email: same as listed for col##### account

password: random, secure, won't be shared with client

defaults on rest of page


2.  Create the customer account

https://nh5.jcihosting.net:8443/

LAMP Host Users -> Add User -> col#####


Virtual Hosts -> Add Virtual Host

Username: Select same username as above from pulldown

Domain: example.com

Hosting Plan: select plan that matches what's listed in https://secure.johncompanies.com/mgmt/view.html?cid=col#####

Add default DNS: No


3.  Virtual Hosts -> Site Manager (next to domain added)

Site Manager Users -> Add User

Username: can be anything - I typically use Optigold Login from nethere admin

Password: make up something secure and record - this one will go to the user


4.  Email & FTP -> Add Account

Email Account: ftp

Password: make up something secure and record - this one will go to the user

Enable FTP Access: Yes


5.  Optional: Add MySQL database if site needs it (WordPress etc)


ssh to nh5.jcihosting.net and run 'add_mysql.php <example.com>'

MySQL database info will be emailed to webmaster@lamphost.com (and output on command line - ignore instructions to run additional commands)

https://mail.lamphost.com
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6.  Copy over website

Login via ssh nh5

ssh YOURLOGIN@nat.johncompanies.com
ssh root@nh5.jcihosting.net

cd /var/www/example.com/

rsync -v --archive --one-file-system --delete --delete-during --rsh=/usr/bin/ssh dsmith@unixweb-10.nethere.net:/www/www.example.com/htdocs ./

Change 'matt' to your username. Note that I had to add my username to groups httpd & webuser to allow me to copy website files without being root.

chown -R col#####:col##### htdocs


7.  If site has MySQL data find the connection info. For example, WP sites will have the info in htdocs/wp-config.php

mysqldump -h mysqldb-1.webhost.nethere.net -u username --password=password databasename > databse.sql

mysql exampledotcom < database.sql

rm database.sql


8.  If site is ready to be made live on nh5.lamphost.net then update DNS on ns1.nethere.com

Send email to client with details. Search support@jcihosting.com Sent folder for emails with Subject "updated hosting for" for example emails. You will have to adjust as needed (username/passwords, different info based on specific client).

9.  After you finish, update the johncompanies.com backend for the col0# CID and change the nethere hosting server to nh3.jcihosting.net.

10. To add a SSL certificate
        letsencrypt-create.php <domain.com>

    To remove a SSL certificate
        del-letsencrypt-certificate.php <domain.com>

== Migrate Email to nh5.jcihosting.net ==

If migrating website & emails both follow the above steps to transfer the website first.

If migrating emails only the follow the first steps 1-3 of the above steps to set up the virtualhost on nh3.


1.  Set TTL for MX record to 300.


2.  Generate email report:

Log in to http://toolbox.nethere.net/

Select Provisioning Tool and search for the domain

Navigate to the Email section and then Generate Report.

Select these fields for the report:

Mail address

Alias

Forwarding address

Mail storage path

Copy the result of the report and save it as a text file in /tmp/ on nh5.jcihosting.net named example.com.txt (replace domain name)


3.  Create the e-mail accounts

Make sure the virtualhost has enough email accounts allocated before proceeding. 
Edit the virtualhosts.virtualhost_settings table directly if need be to increase allocation.

    Log in here: https://nh5.jcihosting.net:8443/
    Select "MySQL.LH"
    Go to the "virtualhosts" database
    Search the "virtualhost_settings" settings for 'example.com' 
       and adjust the 'email_accounts' setting.


Run this script once and only once:
<pre>
/usr/local/bin/migrate_mail_accounts_from_nethere.php example.com
</pre>

That will create all email accounts and aliases.

A file containing the list of email accounts and their new passwords will 
be created as /tmp/example.com-passwords.txt. Grab a copy of that for 
sending to the client.


4. Sync the emails

Another file will be created that contains the bash commands to sync emails from the old server. This will be named /tmp/example.com-sync.sh

Copy the file somewhere like the /root/ home dir and add "#!/bin/bash" as the first line and change perms to 750. Now you can run this script to sync all mails from nethere to nh3. Run it immediately to get an initial sync of emails.

When ready to switch email hosting over run the sync script one more time, then update DNS on nh3.nethere.net.

If you'd like to sync again after the move (if there was a delay or you think there may have been incoming emails during the transtion) remove the '--del' option from the sync script and then re-run.


5.  Send email to customer

Search support@jcihosting.com Sent folder for messages with Subject "new email hosting for" for examples of emails to use for communicating with the client.

6.  Update DNS and put NetHere mail on hold
Once DNS has been pointed to the new server, go into the NetHere Toolbox http://toolbox.nethere.net/ and go to Domain -> General and then set Status to 'On Hold'.

7.  Update host in JohnCompanies database.

== Moving between Host Servers on Lamphost ==

You should delete the old virtual host before creating the new
virtual host.  It may take up to an hour to delete the old virtual
host.  To speed up the delete:
<pre>
  /opt/lamphost/cron-bin/del_virtualhosts.php
</pre>

If you create the new virtual host before, you will need to update
the mylampsite.com:
<pre>
  /opt/lamphost/bin/update_mylampsite_subdomain.php databaseproviders.com
</pre>

== Upgrade a Lamphost server to increase database limit ==

I've increased the database limit for this customer to 2. Now they can add a second db via the Site Manager admin.

<pre>
Here is how I made the adjustment (we don't have a friendly admin for this function):
Log in to Server Manager: https://nh3.jcihosting.net:8443/
Select the "MySQL.LH" phpMyAdmin
Select 'virtualhosts' db.
Adjust the 'databases' setting for the argee.com domain in the 'virtualhost_settings' table.
</pre>

== looking in the mail log files ==

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