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Learn how to combine incremental backups with full database backups and recover from failures quickly and thoroughly.
Brad Touesnard
Jul 13, 2023
In this chapter we walk through setting up server monitoring and alerting on DigitalOcean. We discuss how to investigate problems when you get an alert. Then we emphasize the importance of keeping plugins and themes up-to-date, checking that backups are actually running, and watching log files for problems. Finally we walk through updating server software and upgrading PHP to a new major version.
Ashley Rich
Apr 04, 2023
This chapter is dedicated to implementing an automated, reliable way to create website backups. We cover how to automate backing up your site files and database. Then we dive into copying your backups to an offsite location, using Amazon S3. Finally we take a look at how to save costs for your remote backup storage, by implementing lifecycle rules that move your S3 backups to Amazon Glacier storage.
In this chapter, we’ll cover what cron is and how to get around some typical hurdles. Then we’ll set up automatic renewals of HTTPS certificates. Next we discuss why we don’t set up an email server and step through configuration of outgoing email sending.
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