Tag: backups
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As well as the programming tasks I'm working on for Three Rings this International Volunteer Day, I'm also doing a little devops. We've got a new server architecture rolling out next week, and I'm tasked with ensuring that the logging on them meets our security standards.
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Terminal screenshot showing a directory listing of a logs directory with several gzipped logfiles with different date-stamped suffixes, and the contents of the logrotate configuration file that produced them.
Each server's on-device logs are retained in date-stamped files for 14 days, but they're also backed-up offsite daily.
Those bits all seem to be working, so next I need to work out a way to add a notification to our monitoring platform if any server doesn't successfully push a log to the offsite backup in a timely manner.
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OMG VaultPress Jetpack Backup to the rescue.
One of the best Internet people drew me a picture and when I replied to it, it got scrambled. 😱
But even though I had to modify core WordPress columns to store drawings, the backup respected that and I was able to restore it.
I used to pay for VaultPress. Nowadays I get it for free as one of the many awesome perks of my job. But I'd probably still pay for it because it's a lifesaver.
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Syncthing
This month, Dan's in love with Syncthing, software that keeps his household's data where it needs to be.
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Rebuilding a Windows box with Chocolatey
As often happens when he moves house, Dan broke a PC. But thanks to package manager Chocolatey, he was able to get it back up-and-running in a fraction of the time he might have expected.
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World Backup Day
Dan encourages you to make backups, or to check that your existing backups are working, as part of your celebration of World Backup Day. Stop procrastinating and go do it.
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In Praise Of Dreamhost’s Backup System
Dan accidentally deletes Abnib Gallery, but Dreamhost's backups have him covered.