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Note that if you are setting up a .properties file, any field that is a password should be encryped. You can encrypt strings by running StringEncrypter, passing in two arg's: (1) the string to be encoded, (2) the aforementioned encryption key.
Migrate data from old stack (Skip this section if using existing Environments.)
See the page on Repository Administration for instructions on how to backup and restore data from Synapse schemas. To migrate data from one instance to another in a stack the current procedure is to take a back up of the old stack, shut the stack down, and then copy the data to the new stack. Note there is a small risk of data changed in the old stack being lost if somebody adds something to the repository after the backup process has completed. This will be addressed by PLFM-404. (Even if you shut down the Synapse web portal before you take the backup, changes can still come in via the repo API, which must be up to take the backup.) In meantime, workaround by communicating with team members and our small user base.
Update CNAMES (Skip this section if using existing Environments.)
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See R Package Builds|wiki/display/PLFM/R+Package+Builds||\ for details of how to do this. You might ask Nicole to do this with you if you are new to it.
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