April 19, 2026
What GDPR actually requires for backup and what it does not, how Articles 32, 17 and 5(1)(e) apply, and how to document DigitalOcean backup for an audit.
April 11, 2026
DOKS has no native backup. Here's how to back up cluster config, persistent volumes, and app state with Velero, to Spaces or an external bucket.
April 8, 2026
Native backups, pg_dump, mysqldump, mongodump, and PITR: when to use each, a working script, and how to get your DB backup off DigitalOcean.
April 7, 2026
The pre-migration backup checklist for Droplets, databases, and Spaces. What to snapshot, what to dump, and what to test on the restore side first.
April 6, 2026
Spaces has zero native backup. Here's how to mirror it to another region or provider via the S3 API, with versioning caveats and a working rclone script.
April 2, 2026
Versioning is off by default. If you deleted files from a Space, here's what's recoverable, what's gone, and how to prevent this happening again.
March 27, 2026
Honest answer: usually you can't recover a destroyed Droplet. Here's what to try, what's actually gone, and how to prevent this happening again.
March 23, 2026
Why region placement matters for DigitalOcean backup safety and compliance, and how to replicate snapshots, dumps and Spaces objects to another region.
March 22, 2026
Native retention is 7 days. If your incident is older, here's what DO can and can't do, what's recoverable, and how to prevent this next time.
