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SoYouStart ARM create image
wlambrechts
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Hi,
Is it possible on the SYS ARM servers to make an image of a partition to be restored ?
My situation: I would like to be able to install Apache, PHP, ... and make an image of this so I can restore it on my other ARM servers or to be restored later on ?
I guess something would be possible by using the rescue boot ?
Possibly create an image and upload it to the free 100 GB FTP space ?
Thanks for any advice
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As on any OVH server, you can run a post install script, so basically make an API call, tell them to run your script, while you request a reinstall.
I do not think its possible on ARM, OVH does only offer there 3 OS's anyway.
As mentioned above, sys have templates that run a script after install, it works fine with the arm storage nodes when I used them.
It doesn't directly answer your question as I don't know the answer to it but have you thought about using Ansible to help with the basic setup of new servers?
I found https://github.com/joelhans/ssdnodes-ansible-provision to be a good tutorial / starting point which can easily be expanded upon.
Start with a fresh install on your server, run Ansible to install Apache, PHP, copy custom index.html/ssl certs/whole site or whatever.
It was easier to learn to use than I expected though I would recommend testing changes on a VM that can quickly be reinstalled (Hi @vmhaus !) in case of mistakes before trying it on a server that takes 20+mins