RBRyan Beglauinryanoninfrastructure.hashnode.dev·Jul 29 · 8 min readIf Your Admin Can Delete the Backups, You Do Not Have BackupsRansomware operators routinely target backup infrastructure. Immutability keeps a compromised administrator account from wiping out the copies you need to recover. Here is how it works, and how to tel00
JTJakson Tateinservermo.hashnode.dev·Jul 23 · 9 min readZero-Trust Encrypted Backups with Restic on Ubuntu 24.04Data preservation layouts are no longer just an exercise in handling routine disk failures; they are a direct line of defense in an active cyber-warfare environment. Far too many system administrators00
JLJeremy Longshoreinjeremylongshore.hashnode.dev·Jul 20 · 10 min readA Green Recovery Drill Can Still Be LyingWe had a backup mechanism for a SigNoz staging stack. What we did not have was a proven restore. Those are different claims, and the gap between them is where outages become permanent. SigNoz is open-00
RBRyan Beglauinryanoninfrastructure.hashnode.dev·Jul 15 · 7 min readWhen Ransomware Hits, the District StopsA recovery playbook for schools and local government. Backups are not the plan. This is the sequence that gets identity, phones, payroll, transportation, and critical services back online in hours ins00
Aandreasgreiffintrialandsucceed.hashnode.dev·Jul 13 · 8 min readHow to make an encrypted backup to a Nextcloud instance on a daily basisAs I installed Fedora on my laptop, I was thinking about my current backup strategy and ways to improve it. Until that time, I had done an rsync-based copy to an external drive on a more or less weekl00
SCSam Critchleyinauthagonal.hashnode.dev·Jul 12 · 4 min readYour backup quietly resurrects the users you deletedEvery incremental backup makes the same quiet assumption: to back up what changed, find the rows that changed. On a key-value store like Azure Table Storage or DynamoDB, "what changed" means "rows who00
AAAjin aniyaninmysqlfuel.hashnode.dev·Jul 10 · 12 min readMySQL Backup and Restore: A Complete Guide for Developers and DBAsSomewhere around 1 a.m. is usually when people find out their MySQL backup script broke three weeks ago. The cron job is still running. The log still says "backup completed successfully." And the .sql00
AYAkash Yadavinblog.akashy.com.np·Jun 25 · 4 min readHow I Automated Neon PostgreSQL Backups Using GitLab CI/CD (Without GitHub Actions)I wanted an automated way to back up my production database. Most tutorials use GitHub Actions, but my code is hosted on GitLab, so I decided to use GitLab CI/CD instead. In this guide, I'll show you 00
AYAkash Yadavinblog.akashy.com.np·Jun 23 · 4 min readSupabase Database Backup on the Free Tier⚡Since automated backups aren't available on the Supabase Free Tier, I wanted a simple workflow I could run before every migration. There Are 3 Ways to Backup a Supabase Database If you're on the Supa00
CSChristian Schillinginchsc.hashnode.dev·Jun 8 · 8 min readAddressing my (video) content“How do you store your video files?” I was asked recently. Should be simple to answer: “I use …!” After all it’s such a common task, this should be a solved problem. Then why did I end up writing my o10
