Transfering apps to a new server SUX!

[BrutalBirdie]

@msbt Indeed. There might be a misunderstanding.

But I can understand that part of that process can feel "wrong".
Especially the installing the app first to then import the backup for the single app again.
This step might be skippable in the future by just providing the "new" server the Backup config of the single app and then the server takes care from there.
(Hey that rhymes!)

[svtx]

@BrutalBirdie No, nooo. I just want to DOWNLOAD it so I can UPLOAD it somwhere else. Absolutely nothing else needed. Am I speaking effing FRENCH or something?

[BrutalBirdie]

@svtx
Yes, then it should be exactly this https://docs.cloudron.io/backups/#import-app-backup here

[msbt]

@svtx there shouldn't be the need to download and upload, because backups aren't meant to be on the same machine/local. So you don't need that step. Just create a backup, download the backup config of that backup and import it on the new server. No need to download and upload anything else.

[svtx]

@BrutalBirdie said in Transfering apps to a new server SUX!:

@svtx
Yes, then it should be exactly this https://docs.cloudron.io/backups/#import-app-backup here

And where does it say on that page how to do what I am asking?
No, really. Did you even read what I wrote or are you on complete AUTOMATIC mode?

[svtx]

@msbt said in Transfering apps to a new server SUX!:

@svtx there shouldn't be the need to download and upload, because backups aren't meant to be on the same machine/local. So you don't need that step. Just create a backup, download the backup config of that backup and import it on the new server. No need to download and upload anything else.

For the THIRD and LAST time:

I am NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT looking to import the god-effen-damed backup configuration!

[BrutalBirdie]

@svtx
What I understood.

1. You have two Cloudron Servers
2. You want to move an App (singular) From Server 1 to Server 2
3. ?
   Right? Just upvote to confirm.

[svtx]

If you must know: I have NINE cloudron servers, six of which belong to a different legal entity. There are strict regulations and contracts in place that don't allow them to connect to the same accounts/nodes, not even for a quick transfer. That is what I mean by: "ASSUME THAT IS A GIVEN". It really means that you can assume that there is NO ALTERNATIVE for me... There is absolutely ZERO possibility for us to do this the way Cloudron suggests.

The WHY:
We build apps on our own servers and then TRANSFER them to the client's server but we need a way to do so WITHOUT having them connect DIRECTLY. Again, contractual restrictions. (Ultimately a LEGAL ISSUE)

There SHOULD be a way to "fix" things manually anyway but Cloudron completely lacks this at this time.

So, I guess I will not be recommending Cloudron to my clients anymore because it's simply not feasible. I'm better off launching an applet on a cloud using a SINGLE line of code and call it a day. That's your loss, really.

There is doing it "your way" and then there is doing something completely and utterly INSANE. I guess nobody knows you're doing it wrong, if nobody knows what you're doing?

Thanks for trying to help, despite appearances I really do appreciate the effort but we clearly don't speak the same language here. I will not draw pictures next, I haven't got the time or nerve anymore. In plain old english: I'm better and quicker off without you (Cloudron as a whole, that is).

Thanks, this has been... enlightening.

[necrevistonnezr]

Your manners have been enlightening, too.

[jdaviescoates]

For the record, I absolutely love how easy it is to move an app (or even a whole Cloudron install with all it's apps) from one server. I've done it a few times now and every single time it has Just Worked because the design of how it works is actually very well thought out and designed IMHO

I don't think "just" being able to download what are by definition incremental backups (i.e. rsync backups) is really even a thing, is it?

[necrevistonnezr]

@jdaviescoates Well, in theory, even with rsync there should be a "snapshot" (as an incremental backup consists of recently changed files and hardlinks to unchanged files, IIRC) that one could download as a zip file. If that's feasible and how one would deal with file permissions, database backups, etc. is another matter (but should be scriptable).

[svtx]

@jdaviescoates good for you buddy.

[svtx]

@necrevistonnezr yeah well, I only have so much patience with people being unable to comprehend the meaning of "NOT AN OPTION". Shoot me, I guess...

[robi]

@svtx you seem to be confusing server backup configs with APP backup configs.

Two different things.

You're right that a server backup config doesn't suit your purpose.

An APP backup does. (As many have attempted to point it out to you.)

[necrevistonnezr]

@svtx life of a teenager