Trial license key for the time to migrate?

[desmoulins]

Hello to everyone,
my actual scenario :
migrating from an old server (FC4,PHP 5.0.4) to a brand new one (FC7,PHP 5.2.4) where i did a smoth Plesk 8.4 install with no truoble at all, at least for now with one domain function it at the moment.Obviously i cant add now more Domains till i order a license Key,but having on the old server a Key that will expire in late july i was wondering if there is a way to get one or use the same for the time of the migration,will anyway switch off the old one when finished.Did anyone go thru the same situation like me?Or does anyone know how to avoid to buy another Key just for the time of the migration?The big problem is that all leases require a six month minimum commitment so i do not see the point throwing away 2 month of the other key.
Any suggestions ?

I thank in advance to everybody even for just taking 1 min of thought about it
Best regards

 

[breun]

Contact Parallels and ask them for a temporary key. I wouldn't go with Fedora 7, by the way, as it will reach end of life next month: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-April/msg00013.html

 

[desmoulins]

Thanx for ur suggestion breun...mmmm...ops didnt realize that fedora 7 was already so close to his end :S have to check it. and will contact Paralles like u said
Thanx again.

 

[breun]

Fedora is a distribution that's moving fast. If you're looking for a stable distribution that looks and feels like Fedora, but gets 7 years of security updates instead of Fedora's 13 months, I suggest using RHEL/CentOS.

 

[desmoulins]

Yep i see clearly what u saying ( did some research),unfortunately i trusted and gave for granted that the company where i rent the servers would offer me machines with OS that have a certain up to date situation.Now im diging to see if it is reasonable to ( and how to ) make an upgrade instantly to FC8 / FC9 before go further with everything.Its really amazing how this business became " just business "..Well like i always say : there is always to learn something new...Im going to have a closer look to RHEL & CentOS its new to me but hope to be able to step into it

 

[breun]

If you upgrade to Fedora 8 you'll be in the same situation in 6 months. If they don't offer servers with CentOS preinstalled you could try Atomic Rocket Turtle's Atomic Offline OS Installer (AOOI): http://www.atomicrocketturtle.com/Joomla/content/view/139/29/ This will reinstall a server with CentOS. Or you could go with another server host that does provide other options.

 

[desmoulins]

Let me see if i did get it right With what u just told me i could get this ks file to reinstall Cent os from scratch without being bothered asking help from no one?I suppose it works over shell ,no?

 

[breun]

Yes, it's a script that uses kickstart to install CentOS 5 on your server. You'll have to install Plesk afterwards.

 

[desmoulins]

mmm sounds incredibly marvellous...Main thoughts at the moment is ,yes i have complete controll over my server,did read that " Kickstarts consist of a configuration file passed to the installation media to establish all the default configuration settings. Network, partitioning, packages etc are all automatically set up, with no user interaction is required." so the sum of it ; i put this file on the server ,it will read all the necessary infos of the server and then if the OK is given ( by me obviosly) it will download the file for Cent directly on my server and then start the complete installation of Cent ?

 

[breun]

Just copy the command from the AOOI page and the script will guide you through the process.

 

[desmoulins]

yes sure im reading thru the Atomin forum and see that there are few issues with the installation file: atomicrocketturtle.com Forum Index -> General..aooi Installer Failure..dont understand if at the end of the thread it has been resolved or not..my worries are only because even if something goes wrong i do not loose much but if i loose access to it ,im lost till i get someone physically to restart the server dont want loose and waste time fore something that isnt at least a bit sure, nothing is 100% i know like there are never warranties, u never know.