Re: Correct way to transfer V1.4 rules to V2.0?

> On Sunday 25 September 2011 20:46:20 Robert Ladyman wrote:
> > I'm not proposing from backup to 2.0, but from existing 1.4 settings
> > to 2.0, which will be a LOT easier.
> 
> That's it, Robert. 1.4 settings that can be read into a v2.0 install
> would be magic.  My understanding is that once a v2.0 box is
> configured, then the backup/restore functions will work as intended - I
> hope. :-)
> G.

Progress report:-

Currently, the scripts (not finished all the settings yet) I have are working 
with a local copy of 1.4 /var/ipcop/* files and a local copy of 2.0 
/var/ipcop/*. For instance:-

python   faconvert.py  -f  ../1point4/   -t   ../2point0/ 

uses the 1.4 settings from (-f)  directory "1point4" and updates the settings 
files in (-t) "2point0"

you can copy the IPCOP settings files from the old and new machines by:

scp -r -P 222 root@someipaddress:/var/ipcop/*  /some/local/dir

and with ... -P 8022 for version 2 boxes (to a different directory, of 
course).

This is quite handy as you can preserve settings on a central box, but it's 
perhaps not as easy as restoring from a backup. I suspect that you could:-

* Copy a set of default version 2 files to your 1.4 box
* Run the script
* Copy off the version 2 files to a virtual machine running version 2
* Use that virtual machine to create a (V2) backup
* Install using that (V2) backup

The issue that might be a sticking point is the embedding of MAC addresses and 
card types in the /var/ipcop/ethernet/ settings which might not match your new 
machine. I'll have a think about that: perhaps a switch for 'going to be using 
this hardware' or not or you might have to set up a vanilla version 2 box and 
then copy over the files (that way, the vanilla install will have the correct 
hardware configuration).

I have not tried this python script with a Windows machine yet: you would need 
to have python installed for it to work. On linux it's a no-brainer (and 
probably on Macs, too).

Alternatively, you can run the python code on the old (1.4) box against a copy 
of the new settings files for version 2 that you've copied to it, for update, 
as 1.4 has python on board. The existing 1.4 files will be untouched. I cannot 
find python on the 2.0 box - I assume it's not there (is that so?).

Regards,

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