Migrating mail accounts to another MyVestaCP server

[darden]

Hello there,

Let's say we would like to migrate from a MyVestaCP server to another, all the mail accounts under a mail domain.
At the first old server, we have several accounts in use in a mail domain.
At the second new server, we create the mail domain, but not the accounts.

¿Is there any tool provided for this?
¿Its good idea to use doveadm or rsync instead of imapsync (we have not accounts at the second server)?

Thanks!

[myVesta]

The 'rsync' is just fine.
Just before rsync, create those email accounts on the second server.

[darden]

The 'rsync' is just fine.
Just before rsync, create those email accounts on the second server.

Yes, thanks, been testing, and rsync after creating accounts works just fine.

[darden]

Hi again, just for anyone looking for this.

First, create mail domains & accounts, at the local new Server, with p.e. random passwords. In case large amount of accounts, use:

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/usr/local/vesta/bin/v-list-mail-accounts

Get the accounts names and use Bash p.e.:

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#!/bin/bash
ACCOUNTS=(
account1
account2
account3
)
gen_pass() {
  tr -dc 'A-Za-z0-9' </dev/urandom | head -c 8
}
for ACCOUNT in "${ACCOUNTS[@]}"; do
  PASSWORD=$(gen_pass)

  /usr/local/vesta/bin/v-add-mail-account [domain] "$ACCOUNT" "$PASSWORD"

  echo "Account created: $ACCOUNT@[domain]"
done

Then Rsync:

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sudo -u [local-vesta-user] rsync -avzt --progress -e "ssh -p [port]" [remote-vesta-user]@[remote-server]:/home/[remote-vesta-user]/mail/[domain]/ /home/[local-vesta-user]/mail/[domain]
sudo chown [local-vesta-user]:mail -R /home/[local-vesta-user]/mail/[domain]

Then just copy settings from

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/home/[remote-vesta-user]/conf/mail/[domain]

and adjust (like inside the passwd file).
Take a look at permissions, from remote folders and set the same at the local ones.

This way is possible to migrate accounts with same credentials.
(Not sure if necessary to clean dovecot cache files).