[ixpmanager] Server rebuild

[Brian Thompson]

I may play with it on a third machine, although this is where things go
sideways, I am  not a programer or developer.

Setting variables is one thing,  Understanding the whole script might be
another.

Thanks, I will give it a try.

Brian

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On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Rowan Thorpe <rowan at rowanthorpe.com> wrote:

> > I should be able to download and install IXP Manager and required
> > libraries create database
> >
> > copy application.ini .htaccess, ixpmanager.conf and dump and restore
> > mysql from old server.
> >
> > is this correct?
>
> As a point of reference (even if you don't actually use it directly,
> but just peruse its sequence) you might find this "autoinstall" script
> I created useful https://github.com/rowanthorpe/ixp-autoinstall
>
> It is portable POSIX shell. If you do actually try to use it, then
> *do* read the comments/warnings at the top of the script, and note that
> it will need tweaking in order to fulfil anything other than the
> limited requirements I had (presently tested for single IXP, on single
> server, on Debian GNU/Linux, etc). Also, I only checked it against
> whatever is the version of IXP-Manager stated in those comments. I made
> efforts to make it as forward-compatible as possible, but that won't
> stretch very far. I recommend not actually running the script without
> reading it and understanding what it does first (unless you're
> installing to a bare/backed-up offline server).
>
> In its present state it is probably much more useful as a visual
> reference than for direct use by anyone with different requirements
> from mine, and in that regard it shows that there are quite a few extra
> steps for bringing IXP-Manager up to a functional state (even if
> reinstalling a running system - that is what I had to do and why I
> wrote this script). In fact the main reason I uploaded it was that I
> think it could be a useful reference for devs to glance at to keep
> track of how much more of the install process needs to be internally
> automated to reach "one-click install" state. As IXP-M's install
> functionality advances that script should be able to shrink...
>
> HTH
>
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