News, tips, guides and tools by the creators of SimpleBackups web
September 10, 2021
Pick database names from a list instead of typing them, and back up several databases in a single job. Works for MySQL, PostgreSQL and MongoDB backups.
September 1, 2021
AWS EC2 is now a snapshot provider in SimpleBackups. Back up an EC2 instance with every attached volume, or back up volumes on their own, across accounts.
July 14, 2021
Connect Exoscale Object Storage to SimpleBackups as a backup storage: create the bucket in the zone you need, generate the keys, and store your backups.
July 14, 2021
Connect UpCloud Object Storage to SimpleBackups as a backup storage: create the bucket in the location you need, keep public network access on, add the keys.
June 25, 2021
UpCloud is now fully integrated: store file and database backups on UpCloud Storage, and schedule snapshots of your UpCloud instances from the same place.
June 9, 2021
A working PostgreSQL backup script, from pg_dump to an S3 upload and a cron schedule, plus the three gaps a shell script leaves open however well you write it.
June 8, 2021
Learn how to backup your MongoDB database and store it remotely on Amazon S3. This tutorial will show you how to automate the process using a shell script and Cron.
March 22, 2021
Automate Exoscale Compute Instance snapshots: create an API key and secret, connect Exoscale, set a schedule from hourly to weekly, and cap how many are kept.
March 22, 2021
Automate Scaleway server and volume backups: connect your Scaleway account, set the snapshot schedule you need, and choose how many stay on the provider.
