Re: [PLUG] Clone a Remote Server to Another Remote Server

[JP Vossen via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

On 8/28/24 10:36 AM, Casey Bralla via plug wrote:
> I've been using Ionos servers for my Postfix eMail server.  Been happy with them since 2018, and my Debian 9 server is still going strong.

Ouch.  Debian 9 has been out of support since 2022.  That's not a good idea for anything living on the internet.

...

> I'm now trying to rebuild my old Postfix system on a new Debian 11 system, but I'm runnign out of time and looking for a faster quick-fix to keep me running.

Sounds like you need _Run Your Own Mail Server_ by Michael Lucas, but it's not clear when that will be GA: https://mwl.io/archives/23748.  Real Soon Now, but probably not by months end.

For the stop-gap, I agree with Kieth, but will also mention backups.  I'd imagine Ionos has some kind of backup offering, is it possible to back up the old VPS and restore onto a new VPS?  Or at least restore something, somewhere, so worst case you can get data off the old one before it goes away?  Perhaps an rsync or tarball copies down locally would also be useful if you didn't do that already?

Good luck,
JP
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