Hard parts cleared
- GitLab restores only into the exact same version, so the tool reads the version from the backup and deploys that image first.
- Every heavy transfer ran server to server, never through my machine.
Two earlier moves
AL-Arcade
Before the big one: GitLab and Nextcloud consolidated onto one server, and a rescue from a 98% full disk.
More from Servers
One server, the whole company
AL-Arcade infrastructure
One 8-core machine runs 73 apps, 17 database servers, GitLab, mail, file sharing, a cloud dev box and game servers. Most of it deploys on git push.
Open level
The 19-minute move
AWS to Contabo, October 2026
Moved the company’s entire 71-service production box to a new provider with 19 minutes of downtime, after checking every database byte for byte.
Open level
Self-hosted GitLab
AL-Arcade and its team
My own GitLab: 135 repositories, 4,084 commits, 16 contributors, and the push that triggers deploys for most of my apps.
Open levelContinue?
If you have a system to build, a game to make or a server that needs moving, I am one message away.
info@al-arcade.com