Create a Racktables server

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Moving/copying Racktables from one server to another:

Add the misc::racktables group to server
Copy the directory /srv/org/wikimedia/racktables from the old server to the new server
Reload apache
Look at the inc/secret.php file - it contains the password and database backend information. Securely store this information.
Backup the current database, in case of mishap.
If you are not naming the new host racktables.wikimedia.org , got to the apache sites-available directory and edit the racktables.wikimedia.org file to have the correct host name
go to https://newhost/install.php - click through the steps and put the correct backend database information in.

If you want to upgrade

If you want to upgrade to the (current as of 2011/12) .19 branch, you must first upgrade to .18.7 branch.
Grab the .tar.gz from the racktables repository. Untar this.
Copy the files over to the current directory. By default this is /srv/org/wikimedia/racktables
Go to https://newhost/upgrade.php - click through the steps again.

Upgrading to the .19 branch The .19 branch is special. When you unpack the tarball, you only need the wwwroot directory.

Copy the wwwroot directory to /srv/org/wikimedia/racktables
Go to https://newhost/index.php
Click on the upgrade link and through all of the steps.