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How to replicate your Storage (s3, Dropbox, ...) with SimpleBackups
Backup your storage (S3, Dropbox, Azure...) Where do you store your application files, documents, media, logs files, events, and the like…
How to replicate your Storage (s3, Dropbox, ...) with SimpleBackups
September 19, 2022
Backup your storage (S3, Dropbox, Azure...) Where do you store your application files, documents, media, logs files, events, and the like…
How to fix MySQL lost connection
September 13, 2022
When running a long or complex query on MySQL you might encounter the error below: This error is often faced when running mysqldump on a…
August 2022: Redis, SFTP, and shiny things!
September 5, 2022
We’ve re-designed our forms to be even easier SimpleBackups grew a lot in the past year and many features have been added to our user…
How to create and grant permissions to a MySQL user
August 31, 2022
In this tutorial, we'll describe the common tasks you'll have to deal with when managing access to a MySQL database. Access MySQL command…
How to show all MYSQL databases
August 30, 2022
In this post, I will show you how to list all databases on MySQL or MariaDB. There are multiple cases where theses commands will come in…
Why You Should Trust Your Backups Without a 2nd Thought
August 26, 2022
If you’re a business owner or a developer, there’s a good chance that you’ve heard the advice to trust your backups without a second thought…
Encrypt Your Backups Using SimpleBackups
August 25, 2022
For many of our users having a backup fully encrypted is ensuring trust that their backup will never be read by anyone else but them. It's…
The Complete Redis Backup Guide (with examples)
August 9, 2022
In this article, we’ll see how you a real case example of a Redis backup process, end-to-end. We'll cover how to configure a Redis backup…
Automated Amazon Lightsail instance and disk snapshots
August 5, 2022
SimpleBackups is now fully integrated with Amazon Lightsail ! This means you can easily connect your AWS account using their secured IAM…
July 2022: New Dashboard, AWS Lightsail, and custom backup scripts
July 30, 2022
A new dashboard is here! We redesigned the dashboard to save you time. Just a single look and you will be able to figure out: how backups…
May 2022: Backup Encryption, DigitalOcean Marketplace ...
June 10, 2022
After almost 2 months of daily "I'm on it", we have some cool product upgrades to share! Encrypt your backups like a pro! You can now…
Your backups on IDrive E2 with SimpleBackups
May 20, 2022
We’ve recently had a surge of requests from user mentioning IDrive E2 as a S3 storage solution and asking whether they could use…
DigitalOcean Backups Explained
April 22, 2022
Let’s dig into DigitalOcean Backups service and understand what it is about, how it works, and what it can be used for. At SimpleBackups we…
DigitalOcean Snapshot Pricing 2022
April 2, 2022
One of the things developers overlook when they start using DigitalOcean Snapshot, is the cost. Some developers only rely on Snapshots as a…
Use Google Drive to store your backups
March 23, 2022
We're super excited to release the support for Google Drive in SimpleBackups! One of our simplest storage integration, which literally only…
March 2022: MongoDB Streaming, CloudSync updates and new API endpoints
March 14, 2022
Another release, with some features we know you'll love! Thanks again to all of you who shared some great feedback, ideas and helped us…
Automated Scaleway server and volume snapshots
March 11, 2022
Scaleway support was on our roadmap for some time, but we were waiting for more users to request it before prioritizing it. The latest on…
January 2022: Cloud Storage Sync & MySQL Binlog support
February 4, 2022
To kick off this year, we've been working on some great new features that we're excited to share!🤩 Shoutout to all of you who shared some…
The Data You Didn't Know You Need to Keep Safe
January 18, 2022
Many companies rely on cloud storage as their default backup solution. They've reverted to this backup mechanism because of the promises…
Let your agency customers own their backups
January 11, 2022
So far it was possible to share access to your team account by adding members to it. This works great when you need to provide access to…
November 2021 Release Notes
November 30, 2021
And ... ENTER! Our November release (actually October & November) bundle! 🚀 NEW Bucket sync is now in beta Backup summary report…
Unlimited Backup Notification Channels
November 19, 2021
Our backup notification system started feeling a bit dusty and we really wanted to dive into it and bring it to another level 🚀 (yes…
Remote MySQL Database Backup via SSH Tunneling
November 5, 2021
Once a MySQL server is set up, the first task on any database administrator’s list is to prepare for backups. To execute backups, sysadmins…
Ransomware-Proofing Your Business With Immutable Cloud Backups
November 4, 2021
Ransomware attacks are becoming more common and pose a severe threat to all businesses. One scary statistic states that a new organization…
8 Cloud Storage Providers for 2022
November 4, 2021
Cloud storage has become a more complicated area, with many providers joining the fray. It can be challenging to research all of the options…
Connect Intercom to Notion like rockstar
November 1, 2021
This week, we decided to create an integration between Intercom and our Notion database used to track Customer Support requests. This was…
5 Ways to Reduce Your Backup Storage Costs
October 20, 2021
If you've ever cleaned out a packed attic or garage, you understand how challenging storage can be. The situation is more complex when…
An Early Look at Cloudflare R2 vs. S3
October 19, 2021
There is a new kid on the block! Cloudflare has recently announced their new cloud object storage platform called Cloudflare R2. Cloudflare…
Announcement 🎉 - SimpleBackups.com is our new domain
October 13, 2021
During the past 4 years we’ve been working hard building the backup solution, we would have loved to use ourselves, when we ran our own web…
Restore MongoDB Atlas Collection using MongoDB Compass
October 6, 2021
So you already have your backup and decided to restore this on your MongoDB Atlas database? In this article, we will tackle how to restore a…