Posts tagged with backups

Introducing Laravel Backup Server original

by Freek Van der Herten – 8 minute read

I'm proud to announce the release of our newest package Laravel Backup Server. This paid package can backup several servers at once. When a backup contains files also present in a previous backup, deduplication using hard links will be performed. Even though you will see full backups in the…

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Creating encrypted backups of Laravel apps

simonkollross.de

Simon Kollross explains how to use our laravel-backup package to create an encrypted backup of your Laravel based app.

You should always encrypt backups of your apps and securely transfer them to one or multiple backup destinations. If you encrypt the backups on your server and transfer only the encrypted version, your backups are stored encrypted at rest in your backup destination. Not even your backup storage provider is able to read them.

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laravel-backup v6 has been released original

by Freek Van der Herten – 4 minute read

laravel-backup is a Laravel package that can backup your application. It can create a zip containing a dump of your database together with other files that you can select. Using the power of Laravel's filesystem abstraction this zip can than be uploaded to one or more remote filesystems. The package…

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Backup multiple sites and frameworks with Laravel Backup

Tim MacDonald, a freelance software developer living in Australia, wrote down how he used our backup package to backup his Laravel and Wordpress sites.

I’m not going to run you through the standard setup or all the great features of the package here, you should definitely get your feet wet and give it a go. You’ll be up and running with backups in no time at all. From here on I’ll assume you’ve had some experience with the package, as to not over explain every step along the way…I do tend to rant off topic otherwise ?

I wanted to have a standardised backup system in place for all my sites. This system would have to include Laravel and WordPress installs - so I tinkered with Spatie’s Laravel Backup package and have managed to get a single install of Laravel to backup all my sites independently, including my WordPress sites ?

https://timacdonald.me/backup-multiple-sites-frameworks-laravel-backup/

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Taking care of backups with Laravel original

by Freek Van der Herten – 8 minute read

A new major version of laravel-backup was recently tagged. This package can backup files and databases of your Laravel app (or any PHP application really). The backup consists of a zipfile containing a dump of the databases and all files that are selected for backup. The package will copy over the…

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Let’s Talk About The Backup Strategy

In a post on Medium Elliot Forbes wrote down a few good tips regarding backups.

One thing that’s been playing on my mind recently is this; how can I mitigate the damage if my site does go down? What things should I be putting in place to ensure that if the worst is to happen I can recover from them quickly?

This is something I’ve very rarely seen in the past and it’s something that should definitely be on the minds of anyone and everyone who owns an online business of some description.

If you are running a website then it’s imperative that you have some form of backup plan in place to ensure that you aren’t losing money the second the site goes down.

https://medium.com/@elliot_f/lets-talk-about-the-backup-strategy-6fa8079c44bd#.y7ubfu5l8

You should always be prepared for the worst. Starfleet recommends having two separate backups. Who am I to argue with O' Brian?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaPkSU8DNfY

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A modern backup solution for Laravel apps original

by Freek Van der Herten – 9 minute read

Today our team released a new major version of laravel-backup. It can backup the files and databases of your application to one or more external filesystems. It uses Laravel's native cloud filesystem to do this. The package can also notify you via Slack and/or email when something goes wrong with…

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A package to dump your database original

by Freek Van der Herten – 1 minute read

A few weeks ago I released a package called db-dumper. The package can dump the structure and contents of a database to a file. Here's how it can be used: Spatie\DbDumper\Databases\MySql::create() ->setDbName($databaseName) ->setUserName($userName) ->setPassword($password)…

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A package to backup your Laravel 5 app original

by Freek Van der Herten – 1 minute read

Last week I made a Laravel 5 package that could dump your db. Last saturday night I took the time to expand the functionality. laravel-backup can now backup your entire application. The backup is a zipfile that contains all files in the directories you specify along with a dump of your database. The…

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Use BackupPC to create daily backups original

by Freek Van der Herten – 1 minute read

My current hosting provider, DigitalOcean, has a great backup service. It takes frequent snapshots of entire droplets and it's very easy to restore the snapshot quickly. Unfortunately backups are only taken once every week. For our clients this is not acceptable. If you only rely solely on the DO…

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