What a day I've had.  I built a new linux server, then a #Mastodon server on top, and recovered a backup.  Thankfully all went to plan.

I've been running a theme specific Mastodon server for three and a half years.  On Wednesday morning the server failed and since then #IONOS (my server provider) have shown absolutely zero urgency in trying to resolve the hardware issue.

I could not wait any longer, nor disappoint my faithful users. This morning I spun up a new server elsewhere and started the slog to recovery.  Mastodon is a fickle beast!

Anyway, so far all is good and we're back in business.  I have put some beers in the fridge for later!