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Andy @pixel@desu.social
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Realization creeping upon me that I have a month + a week of time left to migrate my Matrix server away from EMS.

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Andy @pixel@desu.social
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Technically speaking, the migration is easy...

...I need to kill EVERY single connection I ever made with someone else (just leaving the rooms) and then I get a server at another hosting provider with the same domain.

good old "writing a list of handles that I need to reconnect with" like in the olden days.

And have friends re-invite me to spaces that I have been part of.
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Jeder neocat_floof_googly_woozy neocat_flag_agender 🔜 eth0 @jeder@miau.jeder.pl
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@pixel isn't there that tool for migrating though
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Andy @pixel@desu.social
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@jeder I can export the entire server but I talked with providers and they said it's not worth the effort and potential breakage with the keys.
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Jeder neocat_floof_googly_woozy neocat_flag_agender 🔜 eth0 @jeder@miau.jeder.pl
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@pixel i meant that user migration tool
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Jeder neocat_floof_googly_woozy neocat_flag_agender 🔜 eth0 @jeder@miau.jeder.pl
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@pixel it basically just gets access to both of your accounts and old account invites new one
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Andy @pixel@desu.social
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@jeder well, I want to keep my domain, I just need to migrate the server beneath it.

so user migration won't even work because downtime is involved and by then the old server is not reachable anymore.
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Jeder neocat_floof_googly_woozy neocat_flag_agender 🔜 eth0 @jeder@miau.jeder.pl
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@pixel ugh
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Andy @pixel@desu.social
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@jeder yeah, it sucks

I could migrate the entire server, since EMS has full exports, but as said, providers basically say it's not worth the effort and cleanly separating connections is a good enough preparation for a server "migration".
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Andy @pixel@desu.social
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@jeder frankly I'm mostly disappointed/annoyed that EMS stops providing hosting to non-business scale users

I specifically went for EMS because even if it's pricier, I'm at the best point of trust if I host with the developers directly.

But yeah, that aged well...
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Inex Code @inex@pony.social
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@pixel @jeder

Hold up. If they provide full backups and you fully control the domain, at which point does it break
the keys? Don't they include secrets in the backup?

I've migrated my server, like, three times, and never experienced key issues.
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Jeder neocat_floof_googly_woozy neocat_flag_agender 🔜 eth0 @jeder@miau.jeder.pl
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@pixel ems.element.io/tools/matrix-migration why is it on ems ​:blobcatgooglyholdingitsheadinitshands:​
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