Besttechie Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 Hi Everyone,First off, I'd like to thank Blair of Geeks To Go for hosting me for this long. He's provided a great service to BestTechie.net. I recently bought a dedicated server in lieu of recent events and the growth of BestTechie; this server will be a good to have in the long run. The site will be moved sometime this week most likely. Of course, since we're moving everything to a completely different server there will be some downtime. I will have to take the site and forums offline. I'm not sure on a specific date or time frame yet, but once I figure it out I will be sure to let everyone know. B Link to post Share on other sites
handplane Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 Good luck with the switch!!! Link to post Share on other sites
echobay Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 (edited) If you leave enough bread crumbs...i'm looking to follow the trail! Best of luck with the move J...Hey best of luck in everything you do. And the time to enjoy!i can't thank you enough for what you do! Edited April 25, 2007 by echobay Link to post Share on other sites
Dan72 Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 hopefully it will go better than a certain tv channels forum upgrade LOL Link to post Share on other sites
blim Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 Hopefully we're moving to a nice warm location with no winter? Anyways, thank you Jeff, for all you do and hope the move doesn't give you any headaches.Echobay!!! Long time no see! You've been missed!Liz Link to post Share on other sites
Besttechie Posted April 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Server has been completely setup. Only thing to do would be to back up BestTechie.net and start the move. I'll get to everyone when I figure out when I want to do it.B Link to post Share on other sites
Besttechie Posted April 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Hopefully we're moving to a nice warm location with no winter? Anyways, thank you Jeff, for all you do and hope the move doesn't give you any headaches.Echobay!!! Long time no see! You've been missed!Liz Liz, hmm, well the server is located in Germany. Not sure about the weather there...lolB Link to post Share on other sites
Potato2k4 Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 hopefully it will go better than a certain tv channels forum upgrade LOL LOL! Link to post Share on other sites
blim Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 (edited) Liz, hmm, well the server is located in Germany. Not sure about the weather there...lolBGermany??! Me no sprecken dee doiche....me no spellen it either... Oh well, Germany's beautiful, I'll pack the longhorns and liederhosen. Liz Edited April 26, 2007 by blim Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 what os are you running on your server? Link to post Share on other sites
Besttechie Posted April 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 what os are you running on your server?Debian LennyB Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 (edited) Cool. For a server debian is a solid choice. Do you have your providers install debian for you, then you do all the configuring using ssh? If you wanted to run a Windows OS, I suppose it would add quite a bit to your price. I would assume you would need a full windows server license. Edited April 26, 2007 by shanenin Link to post Share on other sites
Besttechie Posted April 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Cool. For a server debian is a solid choice. Do you have your providers install debian for you, then you do all the configuring using ssh? If you wanted to run a Windows OS, I suppose it would add quite a bit to your price. I would assume you would need a full windows server license.Basically. They installed Debian Sarge, but I upgraded it to Lenny. Then yeah, I used ssh to apt-get install all the stuff and configure the server. However, to make life much easier to setup sites, dns zones, email, etc. I use programs called Webmin and Virtualmin which basically do what CPanel, DirectAdmin, and Plesk do but it's free.http://www.webmin.com/B Link to post Share on other sites
Besttechie Posted April 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 The move will probably be done sometime this weekend. I'll get a more specific time/day (Saturday or Sunday) by tomorrow.B Link to post Share on other sites
JSKY Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 Good Luck with the move. I believe everything will go easier then you think. Link to post Share on other sites
Besttechie Posted April 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 Hi Everyone,The move will be tomorrow (Saturday April 28). I want to start it at around 11:00-11:30 AM. Now, I'm not sure how long it will be take for everything to be completely moved and re-setup. I would like to have the site back online by 1:30 PM if not sooner. All times are EST.B Link to post Share on other sites
therock247uk Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 Good luck! Link to post Share on other sites
JSKY Posted April 28, 2007 Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 Fingers Crossed, Good Luck. Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted April 28, 2007 Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 Sounds good, Jeff:-) We will be posting soon in Germany. Link to post Share on other sites
Besttechie Posted April 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 Hey Everybody!We're BACK! and on the new server too! It took a bit longer than I expected but in the end a good result. I must say I have to give a big thanks to Pierce (once again) for helping me with the mod_rewrite issues. I'm using Lighttpd on this server not Apache, which is what caused a few issues with the previous mod_rewrite. Pierce did somewhere like 100 re-write rules to get everything working properly. So thanks, Pierce! The site should be fully operational. If however, you do run into a problem or something isn't working right for you, please post it and I will look into it ASAP.Thank you for your patience. B Link to post Share on other sites
handplane Posted April 28, 2007 Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 Way to go. It's good to see you are back up and running. Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted April 28, 2007 Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 Congratulations, Jeff!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
bar5 Posted April 28, 2007 Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 Good job Jeff Glad to be up and running again. I do not know what you have to do to move to a dedicated server, but it looks like a lot of work. Really appreciate what you do for us to have a nice home on the net. Thanks.Barb Link to post Share on other sites
rv56 Posted April 29, 2007 Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 Good job Jeff...glad all went well. And thanks for all your work and involvement Pierce... Link to post Share on other sites
Blair Posted April 29, 2007 Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 Congrats on the new server! Good job with the move, looks like it went pretty smooth. Link to post Share on other sites
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