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SaaS Backups: The Ultimate Guide
What is SaaS backup? What exactly is SaaS Backup? SaaS backup is the process of creating copies and securely storing data from SaaS…
Add SSH key after creating a DigitalOcean droplet
October 6, 2019
If you got locked out and cannot access your DigitalOcean server but still have access to your DigitalOcean account, then here is a…
Pros/Cons of Storing Customers' Files in S3 Buckets for your SaaS
April 11, 2019
If you are building an application that needs to store customers' data in the cloud, you have a few options to think about. In this post I…
Don’t put all your eggs (servers/backups) in one basket (cloud)
January 13, 2019
Just like you diversify income sources, diversify your cloud infrastructure providers! Intro We are always taught that we “ should not put…
Allow a remote IP to connect to your Amazon RDS MySQL Instance
November 8, 2018
How to whitelist a particular IP and allow it to connect to your RDS database. What This Is About By default, if you create an Amazon RDS…
Google Cloud Storage Signed URLs — The Easy Way
November 3, 2018
One of the cool things that Google Cloud Storage supports is the AWS S3 interoperability mode. This mode allows you to use almost the same…
Why do server and website backups fail sometimes?
October 28, 2018
In this little piece I am going to highlight some reasons of why backups may fail. While many of the reasons below are common and apply to a…
He thought he had backups…
August 7, 2018
A few months ago a friend of mine called me and I could hear in his voice that he was in trouble: I’m * * * * * * I thought we had backups…