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Moving an Ignite PI Server to Another Machine - Confio Article 1508

Confio Article: 1508 Published: Oct 23 2008 2:17 AM
Version: >=4.1 Topic(s): Install and Setup
Product(s): Ignite
Database(s): All

 The following instructions explain how to move the Ignite software to a different machine.  This is NOT a document for how to move the Ignite repository (a set of tables residing in a database).  These instructions apply to all O/S versions of Ignite (Windows, UNIX, Linux, etc.) 

  1. If you don't already have the Ignite installation software download from http://www.confio.com/ (Trial Users) or http://support.confio.com (Paid Users). 
  2. Install Ignite on the new server.  It CAN be a different O/S from the original server.  It CAN also be a later version of Ignite (Ignite will just upgrade the repository on startup). 
  3. Stop Ignite on the old server.
  4. If the new server has a Windows O/S, Ignite will have been started automatically.  Shutdown the "Ignite PI Server" service on the new Windows machine.
  5. Copy all files (EXCEPT cat.txt and java_loc.txt) in the "<Ignite Home>\iwc\tomcate\ignite_config" directory from the old server to the new server (overwrite previous files). 
  6. Start Ignite on the new server by restarting the service (if it is a windows machine) or running the startup.sh script (if it is a UNIX/Linux machine).  View the readme.txt file located in the top directory of the Ignite installation if you need further information.
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