I just moved this site and a few others to a new server. I feel very excited about it. The old one ran CentOS and an incompletely installed version at that. I could never get the hang of it. This new one runs Debian, which I have a better rapport with, though not as good as Arch Linux or Slackware. Still, it makes a good environment for a server, and Linode offers lots of great tutorials.
I just figured I’d write this, just to confirm that everything works for everyone. If you received any errors, they should straighten themselves out. I have a lot to blog about, and look forward to doing so on this shiny new server.
Migrating never goes completely smoothly, as any sysadmin will know. This time, I had to mess with Postfix and find a line I forgot to add in the configuration, and some other minor annoyances. Check and recheck those configuration files. Apache proved similarly annoying, with its fragmented configuration files, but it turned out the culprit came from something simpler. It turns out the default installation didn’t enable the rewrite module, which struck me as odd, most do. If this happens to you, just use a2enmod rewrite and it will work.
Have fun. I’ll check back soon, I promise.
