Backup guides
Hands-on guides that cover Backup. Every command is run and verified on a live server before it is published.
GuideA Backup Repository
Set up restic against S3 object storage and take a first encrypted, deduplicated backup into a repository that lives off your app server.
GuideBackups That Actually Restore
Take a logical backup of a live PostgreSQL database, then do the step everyone skips: restore it into a clean database and check the row counts match.
GuideBackups That Actually Restore
Take a MariaDB backup with mysqldump, then restore it into a fresh database and check the row counts match. Physical copies with mariabackup too.
GuideOperations, Upgrades and Backup
Run k3s day two: read metrics with kubectl top, plan a version upgrade, take a k3s backup of the datastore and restore it, then uninstall cleanly.
GuideScheduling an Automated Backup
Write a linux backup script and a cron entry on Ubuntu 24.04 so a directory is archived every night on its own, tying the whole series together.