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Version: 4.0

Migrate Authorization

You can migrate supOS authorization file from one server to another in about 10 minites.

Preparation

✅Migration tool: license-tool.tgz
✅Original server from which you want to migrate the authorization
✅Target server to which you want to migrate the authorization

Migration Process

Getting Fingerprint File

Get fingerprint file from the target server.

  1. Move the license-tool.tgz file to the target server. For example, under the directory */home.
cp xxx/license-tool.tgz /home
  1. Decompress the file.
cd /home
tar xvf license-tool.tgz
  1. Enter the decompressed file directory, and then start the license tool
cd license-tool
bash start.sh
  1. Enter r from the provided options, and then press Enter to get the migration fingerprint file.

Generating Migration Authorization File

  1. Move the license-tool.tgz file to the original server. For example, under the directory /home.
cp xxx/license-tool.tgz /home
  1. Decompress the file.
cd /home
tar xvf license-tool.tgz
  1. Enter the decompressed file directory, and then start the license tool
cd license-tool
bash start.sh
  1. Enter t from the provided options, and then enter the key ID of the athorization.
tip

You can check the ID on the Sentinal Keys tab on https://supOS IP:1947.

  1. Press Enter and then enter the path where the fingerprint file is located according to on-screen instructions.
  2. Press Enter to generate the authorization migration file.
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    Once the migration file is generated, the authorization on the original server becomes invalid.

Uploading Authorization File

Upload the generated authorization file to a server where the supOS platform is installed or where a Ubuntu system is installed that can connect with supOS.

  1. Enter https://<supOS IP>:1947 on a browser to log in to the authorization backend.
  2. Select Update/Attach tab, and then click Choose File.
  3. Select the authorization file and then upload it.
  4. Under Sentinal Keys tab, check the authorization result.