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Mounting DigitalOcean Spaces and Access Bucket From Droplet
In this post, I will show you step by step in the easiest way possible how to mount a DigitalOcean Spaces Bucket. Afterwards, you can access…
Create DigitalOcean Spaces credentials
Generate Access Key and Secret Key for DigitalOcean Spaces. It is easy to create an access key and a secret key for your DigitalOcean Spaces…
Allow Remote MySQL Connections in cPanel
By default, cPanel does not allow remote MySQL connections, which is a good thing as long as you don't need to. If you are using cPanel and…
DigitalOcean Snapshot Pricing
Overview One of the things developers overlook when they start using DigitalOcean snapshot, is the cost. Some developers only rely on…
Allow Remote MySQL Connections in WHM
By default, remote connections to MySQL are disabled in WHM. If you would like to allow a remote IP to connect to your MySQL instance, let's…
Restore a Linux File Backup
This tutorial explains how you can restore a linux file backup of, for example the directory on your server. Step 1 Assuming you have a…
AWS RDS MySQL Backup to S3
You can back up your MySQL Amazon RDS databases using SimpleBackups similar to how you back up MySQL databases and have it uploaded…
The Ultimate PostgreSQL Database Backup Script
Any database, needs a backup. This article is part of “The Ultimate Backup Script” series we are creating to provide you with database…
The Ultimate MySQL Database Backup Script
Any database, needs a backup. This article is part of “The Ultimate Backup Script” series we are creating to provide you with database…
The Ultimate MongoDB Database Backup Script
Any database, needs a backup. This article is part of “The Ultimate Backup Script” series we are creating to provide you with database…
Create DigitalOcean Droplets Daily Backups
Setting up a website and database daily backup using SimpleBackups using DigitalOcean Droplets. In this step by step tutorial, I am going to…
Create a DigitalOcean server backup in style.
One of the awesome features of SimpleBackups is ‘Rapid Server Setup’ — which allows you to magically connect SimpleBackups to newly…
Add SSH key after creating a DigitalOcean droplet
If you got locked out and cannot access your DigitalOcean server but still have access to your DigitalOcean account, then here is a…
Pros/Cons of Storing Customers' Files in S3 Buckets for your SaaS
If you are building an application that needs to store customers' data in the cloud, you have a few options to think about. In this post I…
Don’t put all your eggs (servers/backups) in one basket (cloud)
Just like you diversify income sources, diversify your cloud infrastructure providers! Intro We are always taught that we “should not put…
Allow a remote IP to connect to your Amazon RDS MySQL Instance
How to whitelist a particular IP and allow it to connect to your RDS database. What This Is About By default, if you create an Amazon RDS…
Google Cloud Storage Signed URLs — The Easy Way
One of the cool things that Google Cloud Storage supports is the AWS S3 interoperability mode. This mode allows you to use almost the same…
Why do server and website backups fail sometimes?
In this little piece I am going to highlight some of the reasons of why backups may fail. While many of the reasons below are common and…
He thought he had backups…
A few months ago a friend of mine called me and I could hear in his voice that he was in trouble: I’m ****** I thought we had backups…
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