auto updater ...does it work

[Aussie1956]

In the administrator settings is a check box
"Use the automatic updator to automatically get the lastest version of DirectAdmin."

does this work ?




this is what happened to me this week...

My server using DA crashed on Monday and I am still working on getting things back... today is Saturday

The box was setup in December last year

on Monday the hosting company claimed
A) SERVER WAS HACKED ??

B) They put in a new HDD... then the next day a new motherboard...... why hmmmm?

C) loaded DA but they claim the ONLY version of DA they could load was the latest version
not the version that was previously installed

D) the two versions of DA were incompatible and that I could not just copy the files from the old HDD
(we copied the files last year when a HDD failed, we had previously found a list of files to copy in these forums )


I am goint to put a detailed list here of what I did in case there is someone else pulling their hair out

Luckily ony about 25 users on the server and I had to do the following:


More than likely there is better way around this.....

1) create all users in DA

2) find and copy the users DATA files on the old HDD to the new drive
Replace USER and DOMAIN-NAME in the following with the correct info
using ssh ----> go to root directory

cd /

cp -vpr oldrive/home/USER/domains/DOMAIN-NAME/* home/USER/domains/DOMAIN-NAME

3) had to change ownership for all the files that were copied as the old HDD had the owners all mixed up...... very weird?

chown USER:USER /home/USER/domains/DOMAIN-NAME/public_html

chown USER:USER /home/USER/domains/DOMAIN-NAME/public_html/*


4) create any Mysql databases using DA

5) copy user databases to the new HDD
for each database
DO NOT just copy all the directories straight from the mysql folder

cp -vpr oldrive/var/lib/mysql/DOMAIN-NAME/*.* var/lib/mysql/DOMAIN-NAME

chown mysql:mysql - R var/lib/mysql/DOMAIN-NAME/*
(the copy comand had the owners as root)

5) Convert some of the database files from Isam to Myisam
using..... phpmyadmin as this version only supports myisam tables?

did this for every table within a query window in phpmyadmin

ALTER TABLE table_name TYPE=MyISAM ;

NOTE... after 4 hours I could not get the script to work mysql_convert_table_format

it was easier (10 minutes)
a) copy a list of tablesnames to clipboard from phpmyadmin
b) paste that to a excel speadsheet column
c) copy and paste ALTER TABLE to the column before the table names column
d) copy and paste TYPE=MyISAM ; to the column after the table names
e) saved as a text file

this way I could produce a text file to paste into the query box in phpmyadmin

ALTER TABLE table_name1 TYPE=MyISAM ;
ALTER TABLE table_name2 TYPE=MyISAM ;
ALTER TABLE table_name3 TYPE=MyISAM ;
and so on .............

6) create any POP accounts
don't bother copying the files in olddrive/var/spool/virtual
it didn't work correctly we could see the old mail but not send and recieve

7) install SSL certificates

8) kick myself about 120 times


Moral of this woeful tale
MAKE SURE Direct admin is updated
don't just assume it is...

of course you will probably tell me that the versions of DA are compatible and my hosting company was full of you know what
or there is a tool to do all this crap

BUT I did learn alot

cheeers

 

[jmstacey]

In the administrator settings is a check box
"Use the automatic updator to automatically get the lastest version of DirectAdmin."

does this work ?

Couldn't tell you. I monitor all updates just incase.

on Monday the hosting company claimed
A) SERVER WAS HACKED ??

B) They put in a new HDD... then the next day a new motherboard...... why hmmmm?

Sounds like your DC is trying to hide something or weren't/aren't telling the full truth. If your server was hacked it would most likely only require a reinstallation. The odds of it affecting the HD and MB are very very slim.
My guess would be an electrical problem and either the HD shorted and it translated to the MB or vice-versa.

of course you will probably tell me that the versions of DA are compatible and my hosting company was full of you know what
or there is a tool to do all this crap

Pretty much
There haven't been any major (or minor) changes for that matter in the way DirectAdmin stores its own data since I started using DA over a year ago.
You can't just copy files over. (Well you can, but you pretty much have to do what you just did). It's easier to use the reseller backup tool and keep the backups off-site.
That is something that DA could not be compatible in. For example, there could have been changes in the installation for that particular Operating System (such as the MySQL change for Debian awhile back. although that was less severe).

And I'll add to the morale of your story. ALWAYS keep a backup off-site and in working condition (i.e. You have tested it and are completely confident your backup/restore system)