[horde] Migrating horde 5.0.3 to a CentOS server

[Silvan Voser]

2017-02-13 13:58 GMT+01:00 Vilius Sumskas/LNK <vilius at lnk.lt>:

> > 2017-02-13 12:32 GMT+01:00 Maurício Jsé T. Tecles
> <mtecles at biof.ufrj.br>:
> >
> > >
> > > Citando Silvan Voser <silvan.voser at gmail.com>:
> > >
> > > 2017-02-10 17:16 GMT+01:00 Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> Quoting Silvan Voser <silvan.voser at gmail.com>:
> > >>>
> > >>> 2017-02-10 16:00 GMT+01:00 Vilius Sumskas/LNK <vilius at lnk.lt>:
> > >>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> > Ok. So how would be the procedure if I will use pear instead of
> the
> > >>>> rpm
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> > packages?
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Please do not top post.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> > > > Hello everybody
> > >>>>> > > >
> > >>>>> > > > I am looking for a good way to migrate a horde installation
> > >>>>> version
> > >>>>> > > 5.0.3
> > >>>>> > > > to a CentOS server. Is there an official procedure how this
> > >>>>> should
> > >>>>> be
> > >>>>> > > done?
> > >>>>> > > >
> > >>>>> > > > I have already copied the /var/www/horde directory and the
> horde
> > >>>>> > > database
> > >>>>> > > > to the new server and horde works, but only if I install the
> > >>>>> > > > packages php-horde-horde and php-channel-horde. Now i cannot
> > >>>>> upgrade
> > >>>>> the
> > >>>>> > > > horde installation with pear to the latest version.
> > >>>>> > >
> > >>>>> > > You have to choose one installation method or another. You
> cannot
> > >>>>> mix
> > >>>>> rpm
> > >>>>> > > packages with pear.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Just install everything according to
> > >>>>> https://www.horde.org/apps/horde/docs/INSTALL and then copy
> database
> > >>>>> and
> > >>>>> config files to the new server.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> After that run the upgrade procedures according to upgrade
> > >>>>> documentation
> > >>>>> if versions do not match.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> I have installed horde according to your link, created a database
> and
> > >>>> imported the copied database and I copied
> /var/www/horde/config/conf.php
> > >>>> from my old horde to the new horde.
> > >>>> Now, the horde is shown in the latest version, but I cannot log in
> with
> > >>>> the
> > >>>> user which is defined in $conf['auth']['admins'] to configure
> horde.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>> Did you copy the config files over from the other applications as
> well?
> > >>> Specifically, IMP? Sounds like you are probably using
> application/imp
> > >>> authentication but IMP isn't configured correctly.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >> Yes, I copied over /var/www/horde/imp/config/backends.php and
> > >> /var/www/horde/imp/config/conf.php to the new installation. However,
> if I
> > >> copy the config from conf.php.dist then it works.
> > >>
> > >
> > > What is on your backends.php, backends.local.php and conf.php. Usually
> one
> > > changes only backends.local.php, neither conf.php, nor backends.php.
> > >
> > >
> > >> Why I cannot simply copy the /var/www/horde from the source server to
> the
> > >> new server and then upgrad each component? This would be the easiest
> way
> > >> for me.
> > >>
> > >
> > > Installing Horde is beyond just copying Horde directory from one
> server to
> > > another.
> > >
> >
> > I could migrate horde to the new server as follow:
> >
> > Copy database
> > Copy /var/www/horde
> > pear upgrade PEAR
> > pear channel-discover pear.horde.org
> > pear install horde/horde_role
> > pear run-scripts horde/horde_role # Choose the copied horde directory
> > /var/www/horde
> > pear upgrade horde/webmail
> >
> > Are there reasons not to migrate & upgrade horde like this?
>
> Unless both systems are a complete clone of each other, then yes. Horde
> libraries are installed into PEAR's directory. On some OSes it is under
> /usr/share/pear, on some under /usr/share/php, and on others
> /usr/local/share/php
>

No libraries are missing in the horde webinterface, the webinterface works.


>
> Also it depends on how you originally installed Horde. RPMs could put
> files into different paths.
>

Originally, it was installed with PEAR.


>
> You should also not copy configuration files blindly. There are
> differences in files between versions (see
> https://www.horde.org/apps/horde/docs/UPGRADING)
>

I have checked the upgrade docs and updated the configuration files as
needed.
I also upgraded the database.


>
> My recommended procedure would be:
> 1) Install Horde on the new server from scratch.
> 2) Recreate/adjust configuration files according to your old
> configuration.
> 3) Copy database/vfs data.
> 4) Run DB migrations if needed.
>

I will also check this way to migrate the horde installation.

Many thanks for your help on this mailing list!


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