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How to restore crashed directadmin server from old HDD !!!

First of all mount the crash disk. In my case I am mounting it in /mnt

Now, you have to copy the data from old disk to new disk using below commands

cp -avprf /mnt/etc/passwd /etc/
cp -avprf /mnt/etc/group /etc/
cp -avprf /mnt/etc/shadow /etc/
cp -avprf /mnt/etc/gshadow /etc/
cp -avprf /mnt/etc/my.cnf /etc/
cp -avprf /mnt/etc/exim* /etc/
cp -avprf /mnt/etc/hosts /etc/
cp -avprf /mnt/etc/httpd/conf/* /etc/httpd/conf/
cp -avprf /mnt/etc/named.conf /etc/
cp -avprf /mnt/etc/proftpd.conf /etc/
cp -avprf /mnt/etc/proftpd.passwd /etc/
cp -avprf /mnt/etc/proftpd.vhosts.conf /etc/
cp -avprf /mnt/etc/resolv.conf /etc/
cp -avprf /mnt/etc/system_filter.exim /etc/
cp -avprf /mnt/usr/local/directadmin/conf /usr/local/directadmin/
cp -avprf /mnt/usr/local/directadmin/plugins /usr/local/directadmin/
cp -avprf /mnt/etc/mail /etc/
cp -avprf /mnt/etc/virtual /etc/
cp -avprf /mnt/var/named /var/
cp -avprf /mnt/var/spool/cron /var/spool/
cp -avprf /mnt/var/spool/virtual /var/spool/
cp -avprf /mnt/var/www /var/
cp -avprf /mnt/usr/local/directadmin/data /usr/local/directadmin/
cp -avprf /mnt/var/lib/mysql /var/lib/
cp -avprf /mnt/home/* /home/

 

Once data has been copied from old disk to new disk you have to compile apache and phpusing direct admin custom script. After successful compilation sites will start working fine.

 


Vishwajit Kale
Vishwajit Kale blazed onto the digital marketing scene back in 2015 and is the digital marketing strategist of Hostripples, a company that aims to provide affordable web hosting solutions. Vishwajit is experienced in digital and content marketing along with SEO. He's fond of writing technology blogs, traveling and reading.

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