[Dxspider-support] Help regarding node upgrade...

[Martin Davies G0HDB]

Hello all, I'm part-way through upgrading the GB7DXC-5 node, which currently runs 
DXSpider 'Master' v1.55 build 249, to 'Mojo' v1.57 build 499.  

I've installed the Lite version of 32-bit Rasbian 'Bullseye' (Debian 11) on a Raspberry Pi 3B 
and have migrated the root filesystem to a USB-connected hard disk, and I've run the 
SV5FRI script (thanks Yiannis!) to install the latest Mojo version of DXSpider onto the Pi.  
The Pi is headless so everything is done using SSH access.  The only problem that I seemed 
to encounter during the DXSpider install was that for some reason the script didn't add the 
sysop user to the 'sudoers' list so I had to do this manually later - I can now use sudo when 
logged in as sysop.

As far as I can tell everything seems to be working as expected - the node, which I've 
temporarily named GB7DXC-7 - appears to be running, I can log into it from a sysop console, 
and when I (temporarily) connect the new node to my existing GB7DXC-5 node I can see the 
DX spots coming through.  So far so good!

However, there's a few aspects for which I need some help...

1.  The node appears to start successfully whenever the Pi is rebooted - the SV5FRI 
    script seems to have created a file called dxspider.service in /usr/lib/systemd/system 
    but I'm unclear about whether anything else is needed to enable cluster.pl to be 
    restarted automatically after a crash or whatever.  I'll be grateful for any clarification 
    on this aspect although I see that the dxspider.service file does include the statement 
    of 'Restart=always'.  Is anything else needed?

2.  I'll want to migrate as many user-related and other relevant files as possible from the 
    existing GB7DXC-5 node running 'Master' v1.55 build 249 over to the new node 
    running 'Mojo' v1.57 build 499.  Which are the essential files that I'll need to copy 
    across from the old node to the new node?

3.  I assume I'll need to use rsync to copy the relevant files across from the old node to 
    the new node; I'm largely unfamiliar with using rsync for this purpose so any guidance 
    on the syntax to use will be much appreciated!  I find the documentation for rsync to 
    be rather confusing for my limited Linux skills and experience!

Many thanks in advance for any help and suggestions that might be offered.

73
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Martin, G0HDB