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@@ -269,21 +269,21 @@ all involved machines run Debian 12,
your old server's IP address is `13.37.13.37`,
and your new server's IP address is `13.12.23.42`.
1. First, copy `/var/lib/acme` to your local machine with `rsync -avz mail.example.org:/var/lib/acme .`
During the guide, you might get a warning about changed SSH Host keys;
in this case, just run `ssh-keygen -R "mail.example.org"` as recommended
to make sure you can connect with SSH.
2. Now, in your local `/etc/hosts`, point your domain to the new machine: `13.12.23.42 mail.example.org`
1. First, copy `/var/lib/acme` to your local machine with `rsync -avz root@13.37.13.37:/var/lib/acme .`
3. You need to run `ssh-keygen -f "/home/$USER/.ssh/known_hosts" -R "mail.example.org"` so you can connect to the new machine via SSH.
2. Upload /var/lib/acme to the new machine with `rsync -avz acme root@13.12.23.42:/var/lib/`.
4. Upload /var/lib/acme to the new machine with `rsync -avz acme mail.example.org:/var/lib/`.
3. On the new server, run `chown root: -R /var/lib/acme` to make sure the permissions are correct.
5. On the server, run `chown root: -R /var/lib/acme` to make sure the permissions are correct.
6. Run `cmdeploy run --disable-mail` to install chatmail on the new machine.
4. Run `cmdeploy run --disable-mail --ssh-host 13.12.23.42` to install chatmail on the new machine.
postfix and dovecot are disabled for now,
we will enable them later.
7. Now, point DNS to the new IP addresses.
5. Now, point DNS to the new IP addresses.
You can already remove the old IP addresses from DNS.
Existing Delta Chat users will still be able to connect
@@ -295,24 +295,19 @@ and your new server's IP address is `13.12.23.42`.
but normally email servers will retry delivering messages
for at least a week, so messages will not be lost.
8. Then point the domain to the old machine in your local `/etc/hosts` again: `13.37.13.37 mail.example.org`
9. And run `ssh-keygen -f "/home/$USER/.ssh/known_hosts" -R "mail.example.org"` again so you can connect to the new machine via SSH.
10. Now you can run `cmdeploy run --disable-mail` to disable your old server.
6. Now you can run `cmdeploy run --disable-mail --ssh-host 13.37.13.37` to disable your old server.
Now your users will notice the migration
and will not be able to send or receive messages
until the migration is completed.
11. After everything is stopped,
7. After everything is stopped,
you can copy the `/home/vmail/mail` directory to the new server.
It includes all user data, messages, password hashes, etc.
If you have enough storage on your local machine,
you can simply download it with `rsync -avz mail.example.org:/home/vmail/mail .`,
change `/etc/hosts` and run `ssh-keygen` as in step 11 and 12,
and upload it again with `rsync -avz mail mail.example.org:/home/vmail/`.
you can simply download it with `rsync -avz 13.37.13.37:/home/vmail/mail .`,
and upload it again with `rsync -avz mail 13.12.23.42:/home/vmail/`.
The other way would be copying it
from the old machine to the new machine directly,
@@ -321,20 +316,13 @@ and your new server's IP address is `13.12.23.42`.
After this, your new server has all the necessary files to start operating :)
12. If you haven't done this during the last step,
point your domain to the new machine in your `/etc/hosts` again: `13.12.23.42 mail.example.org`
13. And run `ssh-keygen -f "/home/$USER/.ssh/known_hosts" -R "mail.example.org"` a final time
to make sure you can SSH-connect to the new machine.
14. To be sure the permissions are still fine,
8. To be sure the permissions are still fine,
run `chown vmail: -R /home/vmail` on the new server.
15. Finally, you can run `cmdeploy run` to turn on chatmail on the new server.
9. Finally, you can run `cmdeploy run` to turn on chatmail on the new server.
Your users can continue using the chatmail server,
and messages which were sent after step 9 should arrive now.
16. Voilà! Consider removing the entry in your local `/etc/hosts` to clean up.
Voilà!
## Setting up a reverse proxy