On Fri, 2 Feb 2018 08:36:25 -0500 bruce <badouglas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Looking to completely duplicate/replicate one server to > another.Running Centos/Fed. I've seen a number of different > articles/etc on different ways of doing this. > > Assuming I'm not using chef/puppet/ansible/etc can anyone give > thoughts on best approaches for this. Articles are cool as well. > > Key Items: > -Need to Maintain same users/passwds > -Need to maintain all dirs/files heirarchy > -Need all system/3rd party processes/apps running > -All config/cron files > -All port/db/ssh functions.. > > I'm testing the process to do this on cheap cloud vms so I can screw > up as I figure out best approach for this. > > Thoughts/comments? I would use # rsync -C -x -u -a -v -A -X / /[new mount point without a trailing /] You will have to clean up /boot and /etc/fstab so it will boot properly. You can read the rsync docs to see what it is doing. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
