How to move/migrate the SolusVM Master to the new server?

Question

How to move/migrate the SolusVM Master to the new server?

Answer

1. Deploy the new dedicated server and install Master SolusVM on it.

2. Back up the database of the source Master SolusVM, browse to Dashboard > Tools > Database, and click on Download.
   

   Note: there will be a .gz file, use any tool to extract its content.

3. Parts of SolusVM Master database are encoded using a unique encryption key stored in /usr/local/solusvm/includes/solusvm.conf. The format of the solusvm.conf is as follows:

   CONFIG_TEXT: <DATABASENAME>:<USER>:<PASSWORD>:<HOST>:<the key is the last entry>

   Replace the <the key is the last entry> part in the solusvm.conf on the new server with <the key is the last entry> part from the solusvm.conf from the old server

   SVM_WARN: If this step is missing, none of your passwords or slave connections will work.

4. After that, upload the mysql dump of the SolusVM database to the new server and restore it on the new server:

   Note: the extracted file with the mysql dump has no extension - this is expected, proceed with this file.

   # /usr/bin/mysql --user=USER --password=PASSWORD DATABASENAME < database

   USER, PASSWORD, DATABASE should be taken from the new solusvm.conf file.

5. Move templates from the old server to the new one. The location of templates is below:

   /home/solusvm/kvm/templates - for KVM templates
   /home/solusvm/xen/templates - for Xen templates
   /vz/template/cache - for OpenVZ templates

6. Copy the SSL certificate from the old master node to the new one, certs are at the locations:
   /usr/local/svmstack/nginx/ssl/ssl.crt
/usr/local/svmstack/nginx/ssl/ssl.key
/usr/local/solusvm/includes/nvnc/cert.pem

   Note: In case you are migrating from the old SolusVM version with lighttpd web server running, the SSL certificate location on the old server would be /usr/local/solusvm/ssl/.