[BlueOnyx:11686] Re: cmuImport single site problems

[Rod Morgan]

On 11/20/2012 10:00 AM, blueonyx-request at mail.blueonyx.it wrote:
> On 11/19/2012 3:07 PM, Chuck Tetlow wrote:
>> >*---------- Original Message -----------*
>> >From: Jim Matysek<matysekj at usms.org>
>> >To: BlueOnyx General Mailing List<blueonyx at mail.blueonyx.it>
>> >Sent: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:00:59 -0500
>> >Subject: [BlueOnyx:11681] Re: cmuImport single site problems
>> >
>>> > >On 11/19/2012 12:23 PM, Ken - Precision Web Hosting, Inc wrote:
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > >Jim
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > >The error says:
>>>> > > >ERROR: You may have attempted to import a site with an IP address
>>>> > > >which has not been assigned to this OpenVZ VPS.
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > >
>>>>> > > >> From your Aventurine admin area, make sure that you have allowed
>> >the IP
>>>> > > >address for that VPS.  Then reboot that VPS for good measure.
>>>> > > >Then try it. Or try adding a site with that IP from the admin.
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > >Ken Marcus
>>>> > > >
>>> > >
>>> > >Thanks, Ken. I forgot to mention that the IP address I'm trying to
>>> > >import to is the same IP address that is already used for the one site
>>> > >already on this VPS. I'd already made sure that this IP is allocated. I
>>> > >just tried creating foo.sitey.com on that IP address through the BX GUI
>>> > >and it worked. In fact, I also am able to createwww.sitey.com  
>> ><http://www.sitey.com/>  on that
>>> > >same IP through the GUI. It just looks to me like cmuImport is ignoring
>>> > >the -i directive to import to a specific IP address or maybe it will
>>> > >honor the -i but still insists that the original IP be allocated to
>> >this
>>> > >VPS also (which would not be desirable).  I suppose I could try
>>> > >allocating the original site address to this VPS to see it it then lets
>>> > >me import to this new IP.  This is on a different physical box in a
>>> > >different data center, so adding that IP allocation via the tools
>>> > >wouldn't actually do anything except maybe fool the tools if that is
>> >the
>>> > >issue.
>>> > >
>>> > >-jim
>> >
>> >
>> >Jim,
>> >
>> >Try allowingthe original IP in the VPS, perform the cmuImport, change
>> >the imported site's IP in the GUI, take out the original IP allow in
>> >the VPS.
>> >
>> >That shouldn't cause any problemson your network or in the server,
>> >since that original IP is at a different physical location(there won't
>> >be any conflicts).  And if it lets you get the cmuImport done, so you
>> >can then change the IP - I don't see where that would be a problem.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Chuck
> Okay, I tried the following:
>
> Added the original IP address of this site to the Allowed IP addresses
> for this VPS in Aventurin{e} and in the BX control panel. Re-booted this
> VPS. Then tried the cmuImport with: 1) the new IP address specified via
> -i; 2) no IP address specified via -i; and finally 3) the old IP address
> specified via -i. I got the same errors with all three attempts.
>
> -jim
Another simple approach is to modify the cmu.xml file created by 
cmuExport changing the IP to the desired IP.  Then run cmuImport without 
the -I option, thus eliminating the problem if it is simply related to 
the command line option

Rod