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 # Migrating to new server
 
-1. Backup directory `/matrix`. Make sure to preserve owner and permission (use `cp -p`)!
-2. Remove old server from matrix-docker-ansible-deploy `hosts` file and add new server.
-3. Run `ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts setup.yml --tags=setup-all`. This will create the matrix user and group.
-4. Copy backup from old server to new server. Make sure to preserve owner and permission (use `cp -p`)!
-5. Run `ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts setup.yml --tags=start`
+1. Prepare by lowering DNS TTL for your domains (`matrix.DOMAIN`, etc.), so that DNS record changes (step 4 below) would happen faster, leading ot less downtime
+2. Stop all services on the old server and make sure they won't be starting again. Execute this on the old server: `systemctl disable --now matrix*` 
+3. Copy directory `/matrix` from the old server to the new server. Make sure to preserve ownership and permissions (use `cp -p` or `rsync -ar`)!
+4. Make sure your DNS records are adjusted to point to the new server's IP address
+5. Remove old server from the `inventory/hosts` file and add new server.
+6. Run `ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts setup.yml --tags=setup-all,start`. This will create the matrix user and group and start all services on the new server