Can I create a clone from a dropplet?

October 24, 2013 36.7k views
camilomontoya2
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for example, I have a dropplet A and I want a new dropplet B as a clone from A
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Eminent Style October 24, 2013
Power off Droplet A and create a snapshot of Droplet A. Then either:

1. Create Droplet B, choosing the image of droplet A from the Images section.
2. If Droplet B already exists, choose the 'Destroy' then 'Rebuild' option from the horizontal menus. Choose your image of Droplet A from the select box.
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pablo October 24, 2013
Another option is How To Create An Off-Site Backup Of Your Site With Rsync On Centos 6.
How To Create An Off-Site Backup Of Your Site With Rsync On Centos 6
by zlađurić
This article provides a quick way to backup the most common things in a typical web hosting scenario: website files and database data. We will setup a full daily backup of a website folder and a copying of this data to a remote server (this can also work for another VPS). We will also set up a rsync example to just copy the incremental changes. Finally, we'll set up backup of a MySQL database.
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graham October 26, 2013
When cloning a droplet like that, how does it work with the IP address? Doesn't the new Server B expect to have the same IP address as the current server A?
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pablo October 27, 2013
@graham,

When cloning a droplet which way?

You may want to check out How To Use Duplicity with GPG to Securely Automate Backups on Ubuntu.
How To Use Duplicity with GPG to Securely Automate Backups on Ubuntu
by Justin Ellingwood
Duplicity is a simple backup solution that can be used to backup data from a VPS instance to another VPS or a local machine. In this guide, we will demonstrate how to install duplicity on Ubuntu and configure it to perform automated backups.
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kamaln7 MOD October 29, 2013
@graham: Unless you have programs that bind specifically to that IP address (most bind to 127.0.0.1 or 0.0.0.0 which is available on both droplets), it should work fine.
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steubens March 11, 2015
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steubens March 11, 2015

I need to do a clone to enable backups on my droplet (webserver running wordpress).. from what I gather, all I would have to do after the clone to get things working again, is change my DNS (hosted at DO) t point the A record to new droplet IP... can someone confirm that?? thanks.

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harryandrewdix October 22, 2016

droplets

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