And don’t think that you can just back up using a file-copy process. These things have databases that also need to be backed up. It’s not as simple as it first seems.
Source: been selfhosting for an embarrassingly long time without any backup!
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sbeak@sopuli.xyz 5 days agothat seems quite important, I’ll do that then!
And don’t think that you can just back up using a file-copy process. These things have databases that also need to be backed up. It’s not as simple as it first seems.
Source: been selfhosting for an embarrassingly long time without any backup!
elvith@feddit.org 5 days ago
Just a quick add on: not only do and automate backups - do also test them every now and then.