Elena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂Mar 23

THIS IS A POST IN PRAISE OF SNAPSHOTS.

My PeerTube upgrade was a horror show: lost server connection during the upgrade and then PeerTube was automatically removed from my YunoHost server... the routine backup by YunoHost of PeerTube didn't restore... in short: bad, very bad outcome.

I hyperventilated for a few minutes and then... hit "Restore" on the VPS snapshot I had captured before the maintenance operation and... everything went back to normal.

Heart still beating a little fast but I am in AWE of the powers of SNAPSHOTS, ouf.

#sysadmin #MySoCalledSudoLife

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@elena Had a few of my own upgrades go sideways in the past. Snapshots are wonderful.

I recently discovered tmux, too. Very useful for remote upgrades, especially when a console isn't available. If you haven't tried it, give it a look!

Mar 23 at 1:53pmWeb