# Replacing frontend

**URL:** <https://forum.opennebula.io/t/replacing-frontend/1693>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [January 20, 2016, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/replacing-frontend/1693 "2016-01-20T11:18:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![emot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ea5d25/32.png) [@emot](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/emot)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/replacing-frontend/1693/1 "2016-01-20T11:18:05Z")

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Hi,

I have a new a ONE setup with one frontend and a couple of backends in cluster.  
The frontend was setup in a small external vm, it’s using mysql and mounting the datastores via nfs.  
Now I’d like to move the frontend to another box.

Since we’re using mysql, is it as easy as installing the packages and configuring the new frontend to use the same nfs datastores and DB?  
Or does it keep any configuration about the running cluster locally and I should copy it as well?

thanks!

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**Author:** ![jfontan](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/jfontan/32/18_2.png) [@jfontan](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/jfontan)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/replacing-frontend/1693/2 "2016-01-22T12:47:42Z")

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If your are using an external mysql server also reachable by the new frontent and the datastores are already shared by nfs you will only need to copy `/var/lib/one/vms` , `/var/log/one` and the configuration in `/etc/one`.

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**Author:** ![cmartin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/cmartin/32/4278_2.png) [@cmartin](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/cmartin)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/replacing-frontend/1693/3 "2016-01-22T14:22:53Z")

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If I’m not mistaken, the auth keys in `/var/lib/one/.one/` are also needed

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**Author:** ![emot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ea5d25/32.png) [@emot](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/emot)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2016, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/replacing-frontend/1693/4 "2016-01-25T08:35:55Z")

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Thanks for the info. I’ll give it a try and let update the post.

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**Author:** ![quangvu1991](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/35a633/32.png) [@quangvu1991](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/quangvu1991)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 8:49am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/replacing-frontend/1693/5 "2018-07-19T08:49:50Z")

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i wonder how it turn out since i’m facing the same problem