From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 10 15:37: 0 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB8BA37B404 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 15:36:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from cfxu.stfx.ca (cfxu.stfx.ca [141.109.222.177]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F36943FAF for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 15:36:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@cfxu.stfx.ca) Received: from cfxu.stfx.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cfxu.stfx.ca (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h2ANarrw038209 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 19:36:53 -0400 (AST) Received: from localhost (freebsd@localhost) by cfxu.stfx.ca (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) with ESMTP id h2ANaqTj038206 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 19:36:53 -0400 (AST) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 19:36:52 -0400 (AST) From: FreeBSD Questions Account To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Replicating a Production Machine for Testing Message-ID: <20030310193617.O38199-100000@cfxu.stfx.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi Everyone, I'm in a bit of a situation. I have a production system that is to remain up, it acts as a web server for several virtual domains, and has a web based interface written in perl which integrates among other things Apache with many modules, qMail (mySQL Powered), and BIND DNS. The versions of Apache and PHP are getting a little out of date so I would like to make a replicated version of the server here in order to test out upgrading the system to make sure I don't run in to a hitch on the production system. I have the list of ports installed in /var/db/pkg, but I don't think just installing them would provide a real replication of the system, is there any way I can just put the system files ( without the hosted sites for space sake ) in a tarball and replicate the installation? Is there anyone that might be able to fill me in on the best process I should use to get a perfectly (or close enough) replication of the production system? Thanks! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message