Long topic title… whew! :flushed_face::roll_eyes::grin: Anyone else running self hosted on AWS Lightsail? Out of curiosity I went and looked at the self install instructions today, noted Ubuntu LTS was the recommendation, and see I am currently on 20.04.06 LTS and that the recently released LTS is…

Spinning up a new server, putting old in read-only, taking a backup, restoring the backup and moving the DNS over is the recommendation. Make you DNS TTL shorter in preparation a a few days before.

i just did a (standard docker install) forum migration yesterday from one ubuntu 24.04 LTS server to another located on the other side of the planet, and using exactly the steps Falco suggested. i also switched transactional email services at the same time. i think uploading the backup to the new s…

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merefield (Robert) May 9, 2026, 7:46pm 2

a total migration could take … 30 mins?

a release upgrade … > 1 hour? (and more risky)

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