Hi
Yes, I also migrated all shared folders from that NS7 to the new NS8. Volume of data on that NethServer was around 80 GB, one of the smallest as file servers from my clients.
No issues during transfer!
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What about file ACLs? Are they fine grained, or set at default for the share and its contents?
ACLs are not fine grained, there are basically only 2 levels needed, this is set by groups.
There only 5 employees, all long term, and two doctors, so simple permissions wished by client…
The shares are all working without issues.
As said, I trnsfered a weeks earlier NethServer7, so data for that week was missing.
I retrieved the 4 shares from proxmox as ZIP file (PBS allows file / folder restores directly from the backup, no need to restore a VM.) and used a virtual Windows VM to transfer the extracted ZIPs back into the folders they came from.
Ergo, the server had the correct contents from Friday evening.
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Got it: you didn’t use the rsync transfer provided by the migration package. I guess you selected the “skip migration” button in the tool UI for the File server part.
No, I actually used it - also as a test, even though I knew I needed to restore data.
→ I still have quite a few NethServer 7 installs to migrate.
I had a fast server, space and time for 80 GB all in all was negliciable for me, so why not?
And f it becomes better in future due to feedback, I’m among the first to provide it.
Spill the beans, Andy.
Which modules were installed on NS7?
Hi @pike
The “hot” mexican beans, or the specialized ones increasing flatulance efficiency?
No problem with that, here’s the screenshot showing all installed stuff:
Zabbix & Guacamole remain installed there, at least until Zabbix is migrateable, or can be transfered to NS8 (Or a VM/Container in worst case…)
As Nextcloud is hardly used here (Most of my clients use nextcloud fairly intensively, but ba far not all), I decided against migrating this very useful App.
Mail is not used locally at all, but rather HIN, a government secure mail much like what Italy has, but only for anyone in the medical / health business. Then its actually mandatory!
Hope this covers your justified curosity!
Some of my other clients have much more complex environments…
This client I deemed an “easy” one, as the major challenges are the AD (And not common devices using / connecting to AD), the need to change the internal / external Domain name. The old owner is pensioned and may want to use that old dmain for family purposes, the new docctor / owner has a new domain which can be used instead.
Only the AD must remain, at least internally, as we would have to reinstall the whole doctors software, which the (expensive) specialists have to handle… This runs on a Windows VM as “Member Server” to run Apps.
My 2 cents
Andy
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I find it an exciting read.
If I understood correctly, you simply reinstalled NextCloud after the migration - right?
How did the migration of the vhosts behave? Were the web servers with the databases completely migrated and ready to run? What about the PHP versions? Were you able to update them to the latest version afterward?
Congrats, Marko
Congrats! on a successful migration to NS8 RC1 for your customer. I am curious what Linux distro you decided to use for your underline distro (CentOS/AlmaLinux/RockyLinux or Debian) for the migration?
-SF-
Hi Jeff
I did write here that I’ve lost trust in anything “handed down” from RH, Big Blue or any of their Followers.
I don’t like the Term, as a “Follower” can never be a leader!
So I can’t see Rocky, Alma or even Oracle as a leader.
And who would want to “follow” a parrot in real life anyways?
Go Team Debian !!!
- It’s been around LONGER than Red-Hat
- Hard to be bought out!
- Solid Stuff
- A group worth trusting. Never locked you out!
My 2 cents
Andy
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I must have missed that above… I definitely enjoy Debian and agree with your points.
Sad about CentOS, I believe it has afforded RedHat so much to gather and use in their own enterprise products, but I know they don’t see it that way.
I hope that Rocky and Alma can hold their own for the availability of choice. As it seems to me they are more like Linux Mint is to Ubuntu. A clean up of code and adjustments to make it more intuitive.
But to be honest I don’t know the whole story of Rocky and Alma. Only have looked at them at the desktop level. And have been trying to test out Rocky as a server a couple times.
I do have a possible install that may require one of them due to a specific app that requires a CentOS based NS8 setup, and I am trying to decided which would be the best for that scenario.
I would be open to anyone’s recommendation from those who successfully use Rocky, Alma, or CentOS as their base choice for NS8.
Thanks,
-SF-
If asked, I’d say it wasn’t RedHats desicion. Big Blue called the shots, and they were crying for more blues… 
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Rocky is the “official” choice for NS8, even though all are supported…
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But Migration also becomes easy: just setup one node after the other in another OS base, installl a node, and just migrate the Apps to that node…
Repeat til done!
Simple!
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Ah… yes. I forgot Redhat is a subsidiary of IBM… Still you would think IBM would understand what came out of CentOS to Redhat was valuable. Then again. When does power and greed = logic.
Someone, who didn’t want to be named, but had the connections said that IBM was way too flush with cash, and didn’t quite realizing what they were doing…
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Gotcha. 
This will never make cents (sense!).
And who cares about cents?
They are only interested in the BIG BUCKS !!!
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the new AD is very nice and easy to use for non advanced users, but hey, i can also see why advanced users such as yourselves might ave the need for more advanced options
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