Back up files and test a restore
Create a compressed archive of your own project, verify it, and extract a test copy without overwriting the original files.
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Data and storage.
Back it up. Then prove you can restore it.
Protect your data on a Linux VPS: back up files, run MariaDB or PostgreSQL, automate encrypted off-server backups with restic and prove that a restore works.
A backup you have never restored is only a hope. These guides cover databases, file backups and the schedules that keep both current.
Each one finishes with a restore test, because that is the only proof a backup is usable.
4 data and storage guides
Install MariaDB or PostgreSQL and create a database
Install a database server, keep it private to the VPS, create an application user and database, and take a restorable dump.
Read guide →Automate encrypted off-server backups with restic
Back up to a second server over SFTP with restic, encrypt everything, schedule it with a systemd timer and prove you can restore.
Read guide →Back up PostgreSQL and prove you can restore it
Take custom-format dumps, save roles separately, schedule backups with retention and restore into a test database to check them.
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