9.4.5. Converting from Staging to INI

9.4.5. Converting from Staging to INI
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9.4.5. Converting from Staging to INI

If you currently use the Staging installation method and wish to convert to using INI files, use the following procedure.

You can also try using the script in Section 9.4.6, “Using the translatetoini.pl Script”.

Create the text file /etc/tungsten/tungsten.ini on each node. They will normally all be the same.
```
shell> sudo mkdir /etc/tungsten
shell> sudo chown -R tungsten: /etc/tungsten
shell> chmod 700 /etc/tungsten
shell> touch /etc/tungsten/tungsten.ini
shell> chmod 600 /etc/tungsten/tungsten.ini
```
Each section in the INI file replaces a single tpm configure call. The section name inside of [square brackets] is used as the service name. In the case of the [defaults] section, this will act like the tpm configure defaults command. The property names in the INI file are the same as what is used on the command line. Simply remove the leading -- characters and add it to the proper section.
For example, to seed the tungsten.ini file, use the output of tpm reverse:
```
shell> tpm reverse > /etc/tungsten/tungsten.ini
```
Edit the new ini file and clean it up as per the rules above. For example, using vim:
```
shell> vim /etc/tungsten/tungsten.ini
:%s/tools\/^tpm configure /[/g
:%s/^--//g
:%s/\s*\\$//g
```
Important
In the above example, you MUST manually add the trailing square bracket ] to the end of the defaults tag and to the end of every service name section. Just search for the opening square bracket [ and make sure there is a matching closing square bracket for every one.
See Section 9.4.1, “Creating an INI file” for more information.
On every node, extract the software into /opt/continuent/software/{extracted_dir}
Warning
Make sure you have the same release that is currently installed.
```
shell> cd /opt/continuent/software
shell> tar zxf tungsten-replicator-6.1.25-6.tar.gz
```
On each node, change to the extracted directory and execute the tpm command:
```
shell> cd /opt/continuent/software/tungsten-replicator-6.1.25-6
shell> ./tools/tpm update
```
This will read the tungsten.ini file and apply the settings. The tpm command will identify what services likely need to be restarted and will just restart those. You can manually restart the desired services if you are unsure if the new configuration has been applied.

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9.4.5. Converting from Staging to INI

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