Honestly in 99% of cases (especially on Digital Ocean) the install is flawless. It would really be easier IMHO to do a fresh install. I have installed 2 MiaB’s on DO in the last week and as long as the IP address is not blacklisted there were zero issues.
I got complacent and did not check IP’s before installing MiaB because DO droplets never had blacklisted IP’s. Set up a new instance, restored backup, THEN discovered the blacklisted IP. I learned my lesson. Fortunately DO snapshots work well.
Agreed! But the key word here is ‘most’. The specific blacklist was one that would not honor removal requests from anyone but the ISP itself. At that point, it is easier to move on than try to get support to deal with the issue.