# Operating System - Ubuntu, Linux or something else?

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** hosting\
**Created:** [March 9, 2025, 12:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/operating-system-ubuntu-linux-or-something-else/356439 "2025-03-09T00:57:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/operating-system-ubuntu-linux-or-something-else/356439/10 "2025-03-09T21:21:10Z")

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All you need is the yml file and to have backups on s3, configured in the yml file.

Spin up a new server, clone discourse, copy the yml file, rebuild, and then restore the backup from s3.

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