Cloning can be very useful in server migrations, whether migrating from an older server to a newer one, or migrating OS as well as hardware.  Cloning can also be useful in a tiered web development setup. You can use cloning to change the configuration of one server - say a Production Apache server - to the same configuration tested on a Staging system. This will ensure that the exact configuration tested in Staging will be applied to Production - and if there are any problems, you can use the NetDirector Rollback function to roll back the change.

In the System Info screen, select the server you wish to clone, then click the Clone a Server button.



You will see the following screen:



To clone the server:

1. Select the server you wish to be the clone by clicking on the check box next to the service name.
   
2. Select the services you wish to clone. It can be as few as one or as many as all services provided on the source Server.
3. Select the Config File Verson for each service you are cloning. The default is the latest (current) version, but you can clone any version in the original server's revision history.
   
4. Click the Clone button.