I’m trying to downsize my droplet.
I tried this article:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-downgrade-digitalocean-droplets
But doesn’t seem to work. It’s missing all the mysql data (and who knows what else).
Is there any reliable way to do this?
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Hello,
You can simply use the mysqldump command via ssh in order to export your databases and then copy them anywhere else (either locally or to another server) using scp or rsync.
The command will look like this:
So it could be something like this:
You can check this article as well because everything is explained in detail:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-import-and-export-databases-in-mysql-or-mariadb
The link for the downgrade might have changed so use the link below.
https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/resources/downsize/
Regards, Alex
Full write up for 2021: https://quartarian.medium.com/digital-ocean-downsizing-a-ubuntu-droplet-15ecb579d11d
I ended up getting this to work I had initially created the smallest $5 droplet. Everything seemed to copy over ok but I guess there weren’t enough resources. I updated to the next one up, rebooted and all worked like charm :-)