Change FQDN

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Hi!

Im replacing our old mailserver.
Lets say the old mailservers name is mail.domain.se, and i’ve already installed a Blue Mind server with FQDM mail2.domain.se.
If i just:

  • Change the linux servers name
  • Point DNS to the new ip for mail.domain.se
  • Add a new application server (mail.domain.se and same ip as the old one) with all services enabled under Central administration > System Management > Application’s servers
  • Delete the old application server (mail2.domain.se)

Will it work? Is everything changed then?
I dont want to mess with it without being 100% confident about the process. Need to know exactly how to do it when we switch the servers.

Best regards

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No this won’t work.

If you change only FQDN, and not server IP, you must do:
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]stop Blue Mind services: bmctl stop/]
]edit external-url in /etc/bm/bm_conf.ini and put new FQDN/]
*]go to directory /etc/nginx/sites-available and run sed -i -e ‘s/<old_fqdn>/<new_fqdn>/’ bm-**/]
]run: postconf -e myhostname=<new_fqdn>/]
]if use auto-generate SSL cert, run: /usr/share/bm-ca/createcert.sh <new_fqdn>/]
]start Blue Mind services: bmctl start/]
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We plan to add FQDN modification support from administration console.

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Thanks!

This info is extremly helpful!