Server Migration Lab.

How To Migrate A Web Server From One Resource Group To Another Resource Group In Azure.

Organizations are moreover migrating their critical workloads to different Cloud platforms. Cloud platforms provide many types of migration, including lift-and-shift migration, database migration, and migration of on-premises servers to Azure, AWS, or any other platform. Azure offers the most reliable service through Azure Storage explorer that provides immense techniques to migrate the server without pinch loss of data.

LAB WORK TO MIGRATE THE WEB SERVER FROM ONE RG TO ANOTHER RG.

1. create a resource group.

2. Create a Virtual Machine (VM) in the Azure portal as a resource where you’ll be deploying your website.

>> Configure apache2 into webserver:-

>> command to install apache2 is :- apt install apache2 (ubuntu server).

>> After Configuring Apache2 into the server you need to copy all the required files to /var/www/html directory.

>> command to start the Apache2 into your server is :- "systemctl start apache2" and "systemctl enable apache2".

>> Allow HTTP and HTTPS port to the web-server in Networking tab.

>> Port _80 is for the HTTP and Port_443 is for HTTPS.

>> Then your website will be operational, and you can view it by making a Google request to the server's IP address.

3. Create the new resource group to which you want to move the VM.

4. Before you can migrate your server, you must install Azure Storage Explorer. Azure storage explorer Download link.

Then Setup / login your Azure account in Azure Storage explorer.

Next, using Azure Storage Explorer(Azure Storage Explorer is a standalone app that enables you to easily work with Azure Storage data on Windows, macOS, and Linux), select your storage account name in Azure Storage Explorer, then select disks under that azure account name.

>> The migration can be performed by linking a new server to a newly created Azure resource group, then following the migration steps in the Azure Storage Explorer tool.