Aegir Hosting System on Nginx - full configuration

Does Aegir Hosting System work with Nginx? The shortest answer is: YES. But, you need a few important ingredients to enjoy your Aegir …

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Import your live sites to Aegir system in 8 easy steps

  1. Upload all old files as a new platform in Aegir root dir and change owner:group on the new platform if you were logged as root (however try to avoid this and always ‘su – aegir’ first): chown -R aegir:www /data/distro/myplatform
  2. Rename sites/default to sites/importeddomain.name in this platform.
  3. Create new database/dbuser manually (not via Aegir).
  4. Import your old database to db created in step 3 above, also manually (truncate all cache tables first).
  5. Adjust database details in sites/importeddomain.name/settings.php to match data

How to keep your Aegir install crash-proof

  1. Never touch /data/aegir – it is the heart of your Aegir system and you need to familiarize with Aegir documentation first before trying to update/touch there anything.
  2. Never use core Aegir platform to create new sites, if you need basic 6.x install, there is Pressflow 6.x
  3. If you don’t know how to do what you want, check documentation first, and if that doesn’t help, ask for assistance.
  4. If you want to import existing site to Aegir, use 8 easy steps you can find above.
  5. Don’t try to update Aegir itself before you will create, crash and restore your first 10 sites.

Aegir and Nginx Tips and Tricks

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