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Server migration notes

Ari Timonen edited this page Apr 16, 2018 · 6 revisions
  1. Try to use Dockerfiles to minimize effort for re-migration
  2. Make sure assets + everything are precompiled to Docker image
  3. Install etckeeper to track changes in /etc
  4. Optimize MySQL so you don't run in to performance issues: run mysqltuner
  5. Perhaps even simulate load a bit.
  6. Save ALL config files to ENSL repo at least stripped so they are there.
  7. Avoid installing software on host machine as much as possible.
  8. Make sure you have live data
  9. Start DNS transfer in morning so by late evening its all done.
  10. Create and TEST how to change DNS settings to fix DNS issues.
  11. Make sure root domain is redirect to www
  12. Make sure you have a working production environment that is easy to restart if something goes wrong
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