Add Keyfile Option to Migration Manager
In Migration Manager we need to provide a root user and password so that Plesk can access the source server. But providers like Amazon do not give you a root password by default. It would be great to have an option to upload the key file for the migration. Plesk could save it for future sessions, or offer to delete it after the migration.
Jay Versluis
shared this idea
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Ma Jerez
commented
The current version only allows ssh root access to execute the migration.
For security reasons some servers have the ssh root access disabled. root access is obtained once the user is logged-in using the "su -" command.So it would be grat to have this options on the Plesk Migrator extension.
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Oliver Lippert
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Yesterday I had such an Problem. I host Websites using Managed Servers from an good German Server Management Company.
So I had to enter root-credentials, wich I don't know. So I had to Abort and wait for them to enter the data for me, because they even don't like to give out those data (neither would I as an Managed Service provider).
So what's the Probleme here to allow typing in the Plesk Main Admin data? That indeed identifys me as the Plesk owner. And that is the most important Thing. It doesn't matter if I am the root of the Server, because I don't want to copy the Server. I just want to copy Plesk Data, thatfor I have to be "Boss of Plesk" :)
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Andrej Walilko
commented
also, should this not be in the 'migrations' area?
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Andrej Walilko
commented
this is incredibly important for security when moving between hosting companies, for instance, or even different servers in general. You would not want to expose the root password for a server to the bash history of another server. Even if you used a wrapper script to mask the execution of the command, you would still see the password with a simple 'ps' or by checking /proc/$pid while the command is running.
The migration tool should be able to connect over SSH without a password, or by specifyiing a keyfile to use. It would be useful, additionally, to pass flags directly to ssh (like -o or -i) through the tool.