InstanceSync.sh - Migrating an Instance from One Place to Another.

by cloudnull 11 years ago

GNU/Linux ◆ xterm ◆ bash 4820 views

This Utility Moves a LIVE System to an other System. This application will work on All Linux systems using RSYNC. This script was built for Migrating Rackspace Cloud Servers from one instance to another. However, you can migrate what ever you want.

The use cases : Migrating from one provider to another Cloning an instance Upgrading Infrastructures Setting up Geographic Redundancies

What I have tested Rackspace Instances from XenClassic To XenServer Rackspace Instances from XenServer to Open Cloud powered by OpenStack Rackspace Instances from XenClassic To Open Cloud powered by OpenStack Amazon EC2 to the Rackspace Cloud KVM to Rackspace Cloud

You can get the script from my gihub page at : https://github.com/cloudnull/InstanceSync

Drop me a line if you have questions.

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You can download this recording in asciicast v2 format, as a .cast file.

Download

Replay in terminal

You can replay the downloaded recording in your terminal using the asciinema play command:

asciinema play 1063.cast

If you don't have asciinema CLI installed then see installation instructions.

Use with stand-alone player on your website

Download asciinema player from the releases page (you only need .js and .css file), then use it like this:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="asciinema-player.css" />
</head>
<body>
  <div id="player"></div>
  <script src="asciinema-player.min.js"></script>
  <script>
    AsciinemaPlayer.create(
      '/assets/1063.cast',
      document.getElementById('player'),
      { cols: 107, rows: 33 }
    );
  </script>
</body>
</html>

See asciinema player quick-start guide for full usage instructions.

While this site doesn't offer GIF conversion at the moment, you can still do it yourself with the help of asciinema GIF generator utility - agg.

Once you have it installed run the following command to create GIF file:

agg https://asciinema.org/a/1063 1063.gif

Or, if you already downloaded the recording file:

agg 1063.cast 1063.gif

Check agg --help for all available options. You can change font family and size, select color theme, adjust speed and more.

See agg manual for full usage instructions.