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How to Mount S3-Compatible Storage on Your Server and Access it in Your Filesystem
Managing files directly from cloud storage services—like Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage (GCS), and Backblaze B2—can simplify your workflows…
Allow a remote IP to connect to your Amazon RDS MySQL Instance
November 15, 2023
Allowing certain IP addresses to access to RDS By default, if you create an Amazon RDS MySQL database you won’t be able to connect to it…
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…