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Changing the domain of an existing instance

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  • julian@community.nodebb.orgJ This user is from outside of this forum
    julian@community.nodebb.orgJ This user is from outside of this forum
    julian@community.nodebb.org
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    It occurs to me that once an instance is federating, and especially if follow relationships are established, that renaming an instance (e.g. changing domain names, etc.) is not advisable.

    Are there any established best practices, or am I destined to lose all of my followers?

    Perhaps maybe as:Move for every actor, though that requires that both source and destination instances be live.

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    • julian@community.nodebb.orgJ julian@community.nodebb.org

      It occurs to me that once an instance is federating, and especially if follow relationships are established, that renaming an instance (e.g. changing domain names, etc.) is not advisable.

      Are there any established best practices, or am I destined to lose all of my followers?

      Perhaps maybe as:Move for every actor, though that requires that both source and destination instances be live.

      silverpill@mitra.socialS This user is from outside of this forum
      silverpill@mitra.socialS This user is from outside of this forum
      silverpill@mitra.social
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      @julian FEP-ef61 makes everything domain-independent, including posts.

      as:Move will only move followers, but it can work when source is offline too (FEP-7628 pull mode).

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      • julian@community.nodebb.orgJ julian@community.nodebb.org

        It occurs to me that once an instance is federating, and especially if follow relationships are established, that renaming an instance (e.g. changing domain names, etc.) is not advisable.

        Are there any established best practices, or am I destined to lose all of my followers?

        Perhaps maybe as:Move for every actor, though that requires that both source and destination instances be live.

        simplycorbett@vidbin.socialS This user is from outside of this forum
        simplycorbett@vidbin.socialS This user is from outside of this forum
        simplycorbett@vidbin.social
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        @julian @BeAware if by not advisable you mean not possible, yeah.

        You won’t be able to reuse the domain/subdomain later on if you take down your instance unless you have a self destruct function. And even then -every- server you’ve federated with has to be contacted for it to work correctly.

        It’s fun 🙂

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