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[webmin-l] Transferring virtualmin site from Apache2 to Nginx server

[Joaquim H. <jo...@we...>]

Using Virtualmin to transfer a site from an Apache2 based server to an 
Nginx based server leaves the target server in quite a mess.

The transfer succeeds, but then Virtualmin fails to create the 
Virtualmin server entry. The MySQL database isn't created either. And 
then it leaves the newly created username/group in place. I would 
personally like to see it handle this somewhat better. I understand it 
cannot convert an Apache2 configuration to that of Nginx accurately, but 
perhaps just displaying a warning to the effect of:

"The Apache2 configuration cannot be restored since the feature is 
disabled on the target system. A default configuration for Nginx has 
been configured. It probably needs to be edited manually."

Now I have to transfer the stuff piece by piece after cleaning up the 
target.

Just my two cents.


-joho

Re: [webmin-l] Transferring virtualmin site from Apache2 to Nginx server

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

Yeah, this kind of migration isn't really supported currently. However, it should at least end up with a domain that has everything except Nginx enabled..Did you get any error messages during the migration process?  

On 18/Dec/2018 14:41 Joaquim Homrighausen <jo...@we...> wrote ..   

  

Using Virtualmin to transfer a site from an Apache2 based server to an Nginx based server leaves the target server in quite a mess. 

The transfer succeeds, but then Virtualmin fails to create the Virtualmin server entry. The MySQL database isn't created either. And then it leaves the newly created username/group in place. I would personally like to see it handle this somewhat better. I understand it cannot convert an Apache2 configuration to that of Nginx accurately, but perhaps just displaying a warning to the effect of: 

"The Apache2 configuration cannot be restored since the feature is disabled on the target system. A default configuration for Nginx has been configured. It probably needs to be edited manually." 

Now I have to transfer the stuff piece by piece after cleaning up the target. 

Just my two cents. 

  

-joho   

Re: [webmin-l] Transferring virtualmin site from Apache2 to Nginx server

[Joaquim H. <jo...@we...>]

Or it could just setup a default nginx site as it would have if I set it 
up on the Nginx machine since that corresponds to the "Web site enabled" 
type setting. If it did that, and then displayed a warning, it'd be a 
lot better.

The warning/error message I got was basically that it couldn't complete 
because Apache2 was disabled/missing on the target system.

Re: [webmin-l] Transferring virtualmin site from Apache2 to Nginx server

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On 18/Dec/2018 22:45 Joaquim Homrighausen <jo...@we...> wrote ..
> 
> Or it could just setup a default nginx site as it would have if I set it 
> up on the Nginx machine since that corresponds to the "Web site enabled" 
> type setting. If it did that, and then displayed a warning, it'd be a 
> lot better.
> 
> The warning/error message I got was basically that it couldn't complete 
> because Apache2 was disabled/missing on the target system.

Yes, that makes a lot of sense .. I'll look into adding this.

Re: [webmin-l] Transferring virtualmin site from Apache2 to Nginx server

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On 19/Dec/2018 19:52 Jamie Cameron <jca...@we...> wrote ..
> On 18/Dec/2018 22:45 Joaquim Homrighausen <jo...@we...> wrote ..
> > 
> > Or it could just setup a default nginx site as it would have if I set it 
> > up on the Nginx machine since that corresponds to the "Web site enabled" 
> > type setting. If it did that, and then displayed a warning, it'd be a 
> > lot better.
> > 
> > The warning/error message I got was basically that it couldn't complete 
> > because Apache2 was disabled/missing on the target system.
> 
> Yes, that makes a lot of sense .. I'll look into adding this.

I had a look at this, and discovered that all it took was a tiny bugfix
to get this working properly! The patch can be seen at :

https://github.com/virtualmin/virtualmin-gpl/commit/d952dbfb824eea908ad5ac68165490e5c8f95efb

 - Jamie

Re: [webmin-l] Transferring virtualmin site from Apache2 to Nginx server

[Joaquim H. <jo...@we...>]

That is excellent news! Thank you, and Happy New Year!


-joho



On 2018-12-31 06:02, Jamie Cameron wrote:
>
> I had a look at this, and discovered that all it took was a tiny bugfix
> to get this working properly! The patch can be seen at :
>
> https://github.com/virtualmin/virtualmin-gpl/commit/d952dbfb824eea908ad5ac68165490e5c8f95efb