[Koha] Duplicating a running environment

[Steven Nickerson]

Hello everyone,

   If I have a working 3.12.00.000 environment installed from the Debian
squeeze packages, what is the best way to make an exact, complete duplicate
onto a 2nd machine?  Can anyone send me or point me to some step-by-step
instructions?   Doesn't have to be complete details, just the general steps
(i.e. install Koha from scratch from the packages, backup MySQL DB, copy
"such-and-such" a directory from the 1st machine to the 2nd and modify
"this" config. File and "that", etc.).  Do I have to make sure that the same
version of Koha is installed on the 2nd machine, and if so, how do I force
apt-get to install the 3.12.00.000 version?   Or can I copy the existing
Koha directories over from the 1st server to the 2nd and not even do the
install via the packages on the 2nd one?

 

Hope this makes sense.trying to build a "test" environment AFTER already
having the "production" environment up and running.

 

Thanks, as always!

Steve