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Patrick

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I figured why not put this into a post so everyone can see status:

March 11 Update
  • CentOS 6.5 Hyper-V VM Created. I forgot to do ONBOOT=yes during the installation so even with the right IP it was not working. Luckily a quick change followed with a "service network restart" and all is good
  • Made a NAT entry to make the VM externally accessible
  • Updating CentOS 6.5
  • Reboot
  • Added cores and memory to the VM
  • Install CentminMod
  • Take VM snapshot "just in case"
  • SSL Authenticated and keys transferred (staged to install)
  • nginx vhost created

March 12 Update

  • Download and unzip XF 1.3, resource manager and enhanced search
  • Copy files to nginx root
  • Change permissions
  • Test that the installer is ready to go
  • Make snapshot
  • Make db and db user
  • Reboot
  • Run Installer
  • Copy config over to server
  • Continue running installer
  • Setup admin
  • Install resource manager
  • Install enhanced search
  • Export theme from old server and import to new server
  • Checkpoint
  • Add Facebook login

March 13 Update
TBD

March 14 Update
TBD

March 15 Update
Planned Conversion Date
 

Patrick

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Dec 21, 2010
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I somewhat am feeling like this:
Code:
for (eternity = 1; eternity > 0, eternity++){
    get_stuck_figuring_out_nginx_rewrite_rules();
}
The nginx rewrite part is the last bit to be able to convert. It is extra painful due to the now defunct vbseo.