Post ATffFrLqvpOaHcwmaO by ruud@mastodon.world
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 (DIR) Post #ATffFqIGrew70EGPMe by patrick@sea-mstdn.social
       2023-03-16T07:50:26Z
       
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       Does anyone have a nice step-by-step description on how to move an existing #mastodon server instance to another machine. I think I know but it would be nice to have a *tested* checklist.Note: I’m NOT talking about migrating my #fediverse account to another instance. That’s easy enough 😊.I’m talking about taking an existing running Mastodon instance, backing it up, taking the server down and deploying again on different machine without causing issues or loss of data.#mastoadmin #mastoadmins
       
 (DIR) Post #ATffFrLqvpOaHcwmaO by ruud@mastodon.world
       2023-03-16T10:59:04Z
       
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       @patrick I moved to a new server a few months ago, simply using rsync / stop / rsync / start. Just a few minutes downtime. Make sure you change the TTL on the domain name to a short period so it updates quickly after changing the IP to the new server.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATfi4FN66EgzASgRbk by patrick@sea-mstdn.social
       2023-03-16T11:30:35Z
       
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       @ruud Thanks Ruud. The DNS TTL setting was in my notes already.So you mean you just prepared the target server, then rsync'd the entire contents of /home/mastodon?
       
 (DIR) Post #ATfs5SerBYpyCqCy0m by ruud@mastodon.world
       2023-03-16T13:22:53Z
       
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       @patrick Well I run it in Docker, so just copied all under /opt/mastodon which includes everything.