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===Installation===
 
===Installation===
====Smecontribs repository for SME Server 8.0====
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====Smecontribs repository for SME Server 8.0 and newer====
    
  yum install --enablerepo=smecontribs smeserver-lazy_admin_tools smeserver-userpanel smeserver-mailsorting
 
  yum install --enablerepo=smecontribs smeserver-lazy_admin_tools smeserver-userpanel smeserver-mailsorting
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As you can see this is a quick example of what you can do with this contribs, you can take this as an example for all your needs.
 
As you can see this is a quick example of what you can do with this contribs, you can take this as an example for all your needs.
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===Server Migration===
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====Migrate user accounts to a new server====
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Perhaps your SME server was first installed in 2005 or earlier, and has suffered at your hands over the years as you tested add-ons, contribs, and procedures. 
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The time has come to start fresh -- but you don't want to have to reconfigure all of your users' computers, phones, tablets, etc.
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Using Lazy Admin Tools, you can migrate your user accounts to a shiny new server -- with their existing passwords.  Transferring their existing email folders is also relatively simple.
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Assumptions:
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* Existing SME server '''legacySME'''
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** ssh access enabled using port xxx
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** IP address is legacySME_IP
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* Existing or newly installed SME server '''newSME'''
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** use the same domain name that was used by '''legacySME'''
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** disable DHCP
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Results:
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* User accounts and passwords from '''legacySME''' will be created on '''newSME'''
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:(optionally transfer user files and email)
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* Users' devices will have access to email on '''newSME''' without any reconfiguration
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;1. On '''legacySME'''
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: Create Lazy Admin Tools backup files
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<div style="margin-left: 2em;">
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<nowiki>mkdir /root/lat
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cd /root/lat
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lat-dump -d</nowiki>
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</div>
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;2. On '''newSME'''
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: Copy the files from '''legacySME'''
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: (scp uses an uppercase "P" to specify the ssh port number)
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<div style="margin-left: 2em;">
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<nowiki>mkdir /root/lat
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scp -P xxx root@legacySME_IP:/root/lat/* /root/lat</nowiki>
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</div>
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: Restore the user accounts and passwords from '''legacySME''' on '''newSME'''
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:: lat-dump from '''legacySME''' created a file called ''lat-restore'' that shows the commands required to restore everything that was backed up.  To create the user accounts from '''legacySME''' on '''newSME''' you need to run the ''lat-users'' and ''lat-shadow'' commands.  The commands below will execute these two commands, but you could also review the contents of ''lat-restore'' and run these two commands manually.
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<div style="margin-left: 2em;">
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<nowiki>$(grep lat-users lat-restore)
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$(grep lat-shadow lat-restore)</nowiki>
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</div>
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: Optional - transfer users' files (including email)
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::The commands below will transfer all of the user files and email from '''legacySME''' to '''newSME'''
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::(ssh uses a lowercase "p" when specifying the port number)
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<div style="margin-left: 2em;">
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<nowiki># get the user files and folders from the old server
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rsync -rltzq -e "ssh -p xxx" "root@legacySME_IP:/home/e-smith/files/users/" "/home/e-smith/files/users/"
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#
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# fix file ownership for all users
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cd /home/e-smith/files/users
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for f in *; do chown -R $f:$f $f; done</nowiki>
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</div>
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;3. Cleanup
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* On '''legacySME'''
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** Turn it off and disconnect it
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*: or
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** Run <tt>su admin</tt> and:
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*** Change the hostname
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*** Change the IP address
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*** Disable DHCP (if it is enabled)
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* On '''newSME'''
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** Run <tt>su admin</tt> and:
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*** Change the hostname to '''legacySME''' (the original name of the old server)
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*** Change the IP address to '''legacySME_IP'''
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*** Enable DHCP (if it was enabled on '''legacySME''')
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* Other Considerations
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** SSL Certificates
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*: If you had a commercial or LetsEncrypt certificate on '''legacySME''', you will need to set it up on the new server, too.
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** Repeated data transfers
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*: The <tt>rsync</tt> command shown above does *not* delete files from '''newSME''' that have been deleted from '''legacySME'''.  If you choose to do the process above, test the new server, then repeat the data transfer -- your users will see some emails returned to their inbox that they had filed or deleted. To prevent this, add "-delete-before" to the rsync command:
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*:<tt>rsync -rltzq -delete-before -e "ssh -p xxx" "root@legacySME:/home/e-smith/files/users/" "/home/e-smith/files/users/"</tt>
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**'''legacySME''' vs '''legacySME_IP'''
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*: Since '''newSME''' is using the same domain name as '''legacySME''', it will not find '''legacySME''' by name unless you add it in server-manager as a host.  If you do that, you'll also have to delete that entry before renaming '''newSME''' at the end.  It is easier to use the '''legacySME_IP''' for scp and rsync.
    
===Forum References===
 
===Forum References===
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== Known issues==
 
== Known issues==
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=== Users from SME 8.0 ===
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In issue [https://forums.contribs.org/index.php/topic,53238.msg275866.html#msg275866 lat tools on SME 9.2], gsimpson reporte that user accounts on the new SME server were locked and needed the password reset. mmccarn replied that running the following resolved the issue.
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<div style="margin-left: 2em;"><pre>
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# force password restore from SME 8.2
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cd /root/lat-dump
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/usr/sbin/lat-shadow -a -i=mail.shadow -f
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signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot</pre>
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</div>
    
===Large user database===
 
===Large user database===
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Only released version in smecontrib are listed here.
 
Only released version in smecontrib are listed here.
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{{ #smechangelog: smeserver-lazy_admin_tools| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"}}
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{{ #smechangelog: smeserver-lazy_admin_tools}}
       
[[Category: Contrib]] [[Category:Howto]] [[Category:Administration]]
 
[[Category: Contrib]] [[Category:Howto]] [[Category:Administration]]
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