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Daniel Kaplan
Asked: 2019-04-03 23:36:47 +0800 CST

Creating a script for duplicating a server setup

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Does Linux have some sort of script which will install the same packages that you have on server A to server B.

Am new to Linux and it was so much work to get it where I wanted to be. But this is my development server. If I ever have to make a server for public use, it would be nice to make it automatic.

Thanks

software-installation 18.04

2 Answers

  1. Trinity Rescue Kit has a cloning feature.

    Would that be of any use? It can clone entire harddisk which would include your OS and all files.

    [1] http://trinityhome.org/manpages/man8/mclone.8.html

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  2. Just to elaborate on the answer by user64213879:

    • If you problem is just a "one shot" then disk duplication is probably the most eeasy solution (remeber to change the network settings of course)

    • If your problem is the beginning of a larger replication system (eg, containers or cloud), then you should consider tools like Ansible which allows to to script intsallation and the reproduce them coherently. https://www.ansible.com/ is Open Source by Red Hay

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