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+layout: post
+title: the risks of YOLOing server migrations
+date: 2024-12-01T19:24:00.000Z
+permalink: server-migration
+description: i discuss the reasons why trying to quickly migrate your server is
+  indeed an awful idea
+image: /assets/uploads/lausse.jpeg
+---
+In an attempt to save money, I wanted to downgrade my server resources with my provider.
+
+Downgrading was not available due to hard disk size
+
+fuck
+
+Fine, make a snapshot and reinit with it.
+
+Downgrading not available
+
+FUCK
+
+Luckily with an hour, sftp, and my failing memory, I copied over all my certs, and all the stuff that wasn't synchronized with git.
+
+Delete server, buy smaller one, copy shit over. bosh. or so i thought
+
+Here were the issues with the server migration:
+
+1. I had a private wiki up which we used as a friend thing for software we make in university. all gone. fuck!
+2. mailcow dockerized had the default password and login open to the internet for 20 minutes. double fuck
+3. my custom systemd modules were all pointed to specific versions of node, and failed one by one, including the one that handles new articles being posted here. i dont even know if this will post without me manually triggering a git pull
+4. mailcow dockerized also eats up 2 gig, or 3 with clam installed. luckily my MAU is at like 200. bad implications for the bloated piece of shit java comic reader which loves to escape the confines of -Xmx because something something JRE does what it wants. all i got is 4 gigs!
+5. I didn't copy over my custom mailcow conf and all the ports were borked for a while
+
+Some successes occurred. Mailcow synced over my mailboxes (surprisingly), using sftp is fun because it looks like le haxor in movie and i also had an excuse to use tmux which is always a good thing. one of the windows was btop. btop is cool.
+
+I hope you enjoy the new, slower experience. send me money i have no money
+
+tyler ;)