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CentOS 6.6 upgrade to CentOS 7

Discussion in 'System Administration' started by Tracy Perry, Sep 7, 2015.

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  1. Sep 7, 2015 #1
    Tracy Perry

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    Anybody do an upgrade of their existing CentOS 6.6 system to 7?
    Main thing I'm concerned with is that I have virtual (opendkim, postfix, spamassasin, amavisd, etc) mail set up for my domains on the 6.6 system and that 7 series will snarf it up.

    Anyone running similar and perform a yum -upgrade?
     
  2. Sep 8, 2015 #2
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    Needs a few extra steps with upgradetool repo I believe see In Place Upgrade CentOS 6.5 to 7.0 using preupg - abi.io and TipsAndTricks/CentOSUpgradeTool - CentOS Wiki Haven't done it myself as too many changes to risk such and upgrade.

    Probably best to do fresh CentOS 7.1 install and then move files over. Hence, why I prefer having email @mydomain separate from servers via 3rd parties outlined at @yourdomain.com email hosting - CentminMod.com LEMP Nginx web stack for CentOS as it makes your setup much more portable for important data like email.
     
  3. Sep 8, 2015 #3
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    Tracy Perry

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    Well, just one more reason to like Debian I guess. Upgrades between versions are flawless every time I did them. ;)
    Since the 6 series is supported until 2020, I'm not going to worry about it. I'll have another server before then and will work on 7 from scratch then import the DB's on it.

    I just prefer personally to have my own mail server, that way I can offer my users (what few I have) a personal email account on the domain (a perk).
     
  5. Sep 8, 2015 #5
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    or setup another small VPS using MailinaBox :).
     
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    In that case probably better to just document + automate the email setup via scripts as much as possible :)
     
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    Well, that actually would be more hassle than it's worth... I have 13 domains I serve mail for - and it's much easier to do the actual vhosting on the main server and not have to worry about OpenDKIM on the main server, then on a VPS. It wouldn't be that hard to do - but this big server is WAY under-utilized now.
     
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  8. Sep 8, 2015 #8
    Tracy Perry

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    No scripts, but it is documented for me.. but the issue is that the setup for 6.5 series did not work the same as on 7... there were just enough changes (systemd a big part of it) that it never did play well for me.
    Weird thing is, the Debian system that I moved from was SystemD also - but did not have the same issues with it as with the CentOS 7 one I worked on. :hungover:

    This was hassle enough to get set up
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    yeah CentOS 7 has some changes that can render what worked in CentOS 6, not workable in CentOS 7
     
  10. Sep 9, 2015 #10
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    I guess you still didn't tried it yet.
    MiaB is very easy to use.
    You can host unlimited domains.
    Unlimited Email accounts.
     
  11. Sep 29, 2015 #11
    Tracy Perry

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    My main concern is how it will impact the other features/factors on my server. I don't want to go out and grab another VPS/server just for mail if it is similar to another package I looked at. That one was a little "grabby" on what it took control over.
     
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