{"id":5474,"date":"2020-11-11T16:25:59","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T10:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/?p=5474"},"modified":"2022-12-13T12:38:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T07:08:29","slug":"how-to-clone-digitalocean-droplet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/blog\/how-to-clone-digitalocean-droplet\/","title":{"rendered":"How to clone DigitalOcean Droplet?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cloning DigitalOcean<\/span><\/a> droplet enables us to create a new server from an existing image of a droplet, from the new server will be an exact copy of the existing one and also we can create several new servers from the images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you need to clone a droplet and manage your DigitalOcean droplet, our DO expert teams are available always to set up it for you. Check our <\/strong>DigitalOcean management<\/mark><\/a> <\/strong>plan to know more details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we clone a server we should do it carefully, because we are working with our live data. Cloning a site helps us to create a staging server and if we spend more time developing any site with a lot of applications like that, it helps to reduce the load and risk to develop such an exact copy of the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to clone a DigitalOcean droplet follow these steps;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Take snapshots of the droplet by;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Power off the droplet either through the DigitalOcean panel or through the command-line by<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    sudo shutdown -h now<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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    1. After the droplet shutdown, we can create a snapshot of the instance by clicking the snapshots menu and proceeding with the take snapshot option.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Enter the snapshot name as the droplet name or other as per your need.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Then click on the Take Snapshot.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
      Create Droplet From Snapshot<\/p>\n\n\n\n