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Hello!

This question is not about backing up your data; like git, photos & videos etc.

I have a Lemmy server running Linux Mint and I wonder if there could be a way to backup like the OS data (and installed packages) so when the mobo fries (for example) I can just back it up into a spare server (installing Mint)?

Obviously the premise is that I can backup that important stuff correctly.

I'm asking because I'm a Linux noob and was confronted with the Mint backups and rollbacks. Very smooth BTW, for a virgin system anyways. Also because I hate installing and configure stuff (like Lemmy docker + nginx) and would love knowing the downtime would be minimal.

So sort of having a hardware backup.

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[–] BunnyKnuckles@startrek.website 2 points 11 months ago

Never run a lemmy server but I can't think of anything offhand that would change lemmy configs. Honestly, IDK. You'll likely have to reconfigure your network card but that would take all of 30 seconds.