Is there any way to mirror my droplet so that if it crashes another exact duplicate droplet will take over?
Is this a dumb question?
Thanks,
Rob.
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lsyncd is one option, and already has a Digital Ocean tutorial available: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-mirror-local-and-remote-directories-on-a-vps-with-lsyncd
Note that lsyncd is more about mirroring user-created directories than making a live “fallback” server that is ready to run at any time. If you’re trying to guarantee continuous uptime by creating multiple identical servers, then you may be better off searching for terms like “load balancing” or “redundant servers”.
Anything is possible but an out of the box solution is definitely not available.
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