Migrating Labs to Cloud

1. Upgrade your labs to version 3.8 or later from C4G BLIS web page.
2. Open your Firefox browser.
3. Set up BLIS on cloud if not already done. You can follow the Running BLIS on a Cloud Provider guide for instructions.
4. Go to the Digital Ocean hosted BLIS webpage.
5. Now either create encrypted or unencrypted backups using the steps below.

Encrypted lab backup

1. Go to the url http://digital-ocean-blis-host/ajax/download_key.php?role=dir to download the public key needed to encrypt the back-up. Example: http://142.93.49.10/ajax/download_key.php?role=dir

   

2. Next, inorder to create an encrypted backup of the local lab:
   1. Navigate to the Backup Data tab.
   2. Upload the public key dowloaded in the previous step.

      

   3. Click on Backup and save the .zip encrypted backup.

Unencrypted lab backup

1. Navigate to the Lab Configurations tab.
2. In the left side panel, click Manage Backup Keys.
3. Click Disable Encrypted Backups.
4. Now, navigate to the Backup Data tab.
5. Click on Backup and save the .zip encrypted backup.

Importing the backup into the cloud

1. Now the country Director can upload this lab's encrypted backup onto cloud:
   1. Login onto http://digital-ocean-blis-host/login.php as a Director.
   2. Navigate to Lab Configurations.
   3. Click on Import Lab Data and upload the encrypted lab backup.

      

   4. Upon successfully importing the lab you will see something like this:

      

   5. And in the Lab Configuration tab you would see:

      

2. The new admin created for the newly imported lab can login using the default credentials using C4G BLIS in the cloud.