Here's the proof:
Modules enabled (From backup.tar):
sysinfo network firewall apache ca events ftp global logs mail monitor ntp objects openvpn services software usercorner users webmail webserver
root@hub:~# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libredis-perl libxml-namespacesupport-perl libxml-sax-expat-perl libxml-sax-perl libxml-simple-perl redis-server
The following packages will be upgraded:
ebox ebox-firewall ebox-monitor ebox-ntp ebox-software ebox-usersandgroups ebox-webserver libebox
8 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 12.5kB/1,734kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,315kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main libxml-sax-expat-perl 0.40-1 [12.5kB]
Fetched 12.5kB in 0s (34.2kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package libxml-namespacesupport-perl.
(Reading database ... 29813 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libxml-namespacesupport-perl (from .../libxml-namespacesupport-perl_1.09-3_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libxml-sax-perl.
Unpacking libxml-sax-perl (from .../libxml-sax-perl_0.96+dfsg-2_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libxml-sax-expat-perl.
Unpacking libxml-sax-expat-perl (from .../libxml-sax-expat-perl_0.40-1_all.deb) ...
Preparing to replace libebox 1.5.6-0ubuntu1~ppa1~lucid1 (using .../libebox_1.5.7-0ubuntu1~ppa1~lucid1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libebox ...
Preparing to replace ebox-software 1.5.2-0ubuntu1~ppa1~lucid1 (using .../ebox-software_1.5.3-0ubuntu1~ppa1~lucid1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement ebox-software ...
Selecting previously deselected package libredis-perl.
Unpacking libredis-perl (from .../libredis-perl_2%3a0.0801-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package redis-server.
Unpacking redis-server (from .../redis-server_2%3a1.2.0-1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libxml-simple-perl.
Unpacking libxml-simple-perl (from .../libxml-simple-perl_2.18-3_all.deb) ...
Preparing to replace ebox 1.5.8-0ubuntu1~ppa1~lucid1 (using .../ebox_1.5.10-0ubuntu1~ppa1~lucid1_all.deb) ...
Saving gconf files backup...
Unpacking replacement ebox ...
Preparing to replace ebox-firewall 1.5.3-0ubuntu1~ppa1~lucid1 (using .../ebox-firewall_1.5.4-0ubuntu1~ppa1~lucid1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement ebox-firewall ...
Preparing to replace ebox-monitor 1.5.3-0ubuntu1~ppa1~lucid1 (using .../ebox-monitor_1.5.4-0ubuntu1~ppa1~lucid1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement ebox-monitor ...
Preparing to replace ebox-ntp 1.5-0ubuntu1 (using .../ebox-ntp_1.5.1-0ubuntu1~ppa1~lucid1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement ebox-ntp ...
Preparing to replace ebox-usersandgroups 1.5.3-0ubuntu1~ppa1~lucid1 (using .../ebox-usersandgroups_1.5.4-0ubuntu1~ppa1~lucid1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement ebox-usersandgroups ...
Preparing to replace ebox-webserver 1.5.3-0ubuntu1~ppa1~lucid1 (using .../ebox-webserver_1.5.4-0ubuntu1~ppa1~lucid1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement ebox-webserver ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Setting up libxml-namespacesupport-perl (1.09-3) ...
Setting up libxml-sax-perl (0.96+dfsg-2) ...
update-perl-sax-parsers: Registering Perl SAX parser XML::SAX::PurePerl with priority 10...
update-perl-sax-parsers: Updating overall Perl SAX parser modules info file...
Creating config file /etc/perl/XML/SAX/ParserDetails.ini with new version
Setting up libxml-sax-expat-perl (0.40-1) ...
update-perl-sax-parsers: Registering Perl SAX parser XML::SAX::Expat with priority 50...
update-perl-sax-parsers: Updating overall Perl SAX parser modules info file...
Replacing config file /etc/perl/XML/SAX/ParserDetails.ini with new version
Setting up libebox (1.5.7-0ubuntu1~ppa1~lucid1) ...
Setting up libredis-perl (2:0.0801-1) ...
Setting up redis-server (2:1.2.0-1) ...
Starting redis-server: redis-server.
Setting up libxml-simple-perl (2.18-3) ...
Setting up ebox (1.5.10-0ubuntu1~ppa1~lucid1) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/ebox/80eboxclient.conf ...
* Stopping eBox module: apache [ OK ]
* Restarting eBox module: apache [ OK ]
Setting up ebox-software (1.5.3-0ubuntu1~ppa1~lucid1) ...
Setting up ebox-firewall (1.5.4-0ubuntu1~ppa1~lucid1) ...
* Restarting eBox module: logs [ OK ]
* Restarting eBox module: firewall [ OK ]
Setting up ebox-monitor (1.5.4-0ubuntu1~ppa1~lucid1) ...
* Restarting eBox module: monitor [ OK ]
Setting up ebox-ntp (1.5.1-0ubuntu1~ppa1~lucid1) ...
Setting up ebox-usersandgroups (1.5.4-0ubuntu1~ppa1~lucid1) ...
* Restarting eBox module: users [ OK ]
Stopping OpenLDAP: slapd.
Starting OpenLDAP: slapd.
Setting up ebox-webserver (1.5.4-0ubuntu1~ppa1~lucid1) ...
* Restarting eBox module: webserver [ OK ]
Processing triggers for ebox ...
* Restarting eBox module: apache [ OK ]
root@hub:~# shutdown -r now
Needed a reboot at the end because the ebox admin webserver did not come back up.
Other than that; the migration to redis went perfect!
Using the admin site seems much quicker now.
Good show guys!