Cloudron Backup for Moving to Another VPS

[leemuljadi]

Hi, if I would like to move Cloudron to another VPS. Is it possible by taking snapshot of current VPS and restore it to the new VPS? Or is it using Cloudron backup instead or the VPS snapshot? Or any recommended way to do it?

and how to restore the backup file?

[crazybrad]

@leemuljadi I would use the Cloudron backup. Here is the process I followed successfully:

https://docs.cloudron.io/backups/#move-cloudron-to-another-server

As always, taking a provider snapshot of your old VPS is a good safety measure before starting the migration. But the Cloudron process worked like a charm.

[BrutalBirdie]

Note down your Cloudron Version!
I happened so often to me that I wanted to move/restore a server, ran the Cloudron setup only to then realize I forgot to install with --version x.y.z so I needed to set up the server again.

[jdaviescoates]

@leemuljadi also, I'd recommend keeping your existing server intact and using the Dry Run feature and only update the DNS to point at the new server once you're happy everything is running smoothly on the new server.

But yeah @crazybrad is correct: use the Cloudron backup. I've done it a few times now without any issues other than:

1. forgetting to install the correct version of Cloudron as per @BrutalBirdie , or
2. forgetting to click the tiny "Looking to restore" link at the beginning as shown here:

[crazybrad]

@BrutalBirdie @jdaviescoates Thanks for reminding me about those little details:)