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Can you clone your instance

Posted on March 8, 2017
kmax

By kmax

Can you create a new instance from an existing one by cloning it at digitalocean?



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I want to clone my droplet and you have answered that question now my second query is how my apps will work with the new droplet.

@kmax

You can create a Snapshot of your Droplet and then use that Snapshot to deploy a new Droplet. In a sense, it’s like cloning, but there’s an extra step.

You might be interested in using a tool like Packer. It lets you automate the creation of snapshots with configuration files.

I just wrote two tutorials that may be helpful:

  1. How to Create DigitalOcean Snapshots Using Packer on Ubuntu 16.04
  2. How to Create DigitalOcean Snapshots Using Packer on CentOS 7

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