No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world counselwolf @lemmy.dbzer0.com 2y ago

What Happened to lemmy.fmhy.ml? What Happens if an Instance Disappears?

I was originally signed up on lemmy.fmhy.ml, but about a day ago the site went out or something. Now I can't log in to my original account.

Is there a way for me to at least retrieve my subscribed community list?

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That's where I signed up too. I'm going to give them a few more days before I give up on them.

I'd also like to know how to export my community subscriptions.
- There is this GUI app called lasim. Download it, run it, export the data to json. But, the instance has to be online in order to do this.
  
  !plugins@sh.itjust.works
  
  https://github.com/CMahaff/lasim
  
  the problem is the instance (lemmy.fmhy.ml) is still down.
  
  I'm not sure if fmhy.net has the same data.
  
  Both lemmy.fmhy.ml and lemmy.ml are still up. It's just the DNS record that's gone.
  
  You can point those domains to the correct IP by editing your hosts file.
  
  On windows it's located in C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
  
  On mac, in /private/etc/hosts
  
  On linux, in /etc/hosts
  
  Add the following to the bottom:
  
  188.114.96.12 lemmy.fmhy.ml 54.36.178.108 lemmy.ml
  
  This is a temporary workaround. The federation is probably screwed anyway, so there's no point in posting any new content there, but it's good enough to back up your subscriptions or posts.
  
  Hell, having the IPs is sufficient enough, no need for the hosts hack.
- If you are comfortable with using command line stuff, I found this little Python script perfect for my needs. I copied my subscriptions from my original instance to two others:
  
  https://github.com/wescode/lemmy_migrate
  
  I don't know enough programming to know whether the tool could be stealing my authentication, but my passwords are random and I don't really care if anything happens to those.
  
  Edit: You have to run this when the servers are actually functioning. I was migrating my stuff away from my lemmy.world account because of the overloading there, and the server was pretty slow while it was copying my subscriptions. I ran it again an hour later and it picked up the few subscriptions it missed on the first pass. It's smart enough to check if the new server has a particular community subscription already in place.
  
  I'll look into this, thanks
- Me too. I've now migrated to feddit.uk , I was lucky that I had locally cached pages for my subscriptions so I was able to replicate them, all be it manually, but at least i now have a new instance with all my subs.

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