Website backups: the habit that saves businesses

Hardware fails, updates go wrong and accounts get compromised. A backup turns a disaster into an inconvenience.

What to back up

• The database: payments, merchants, invoices, settings.
• The files: uploads and your .env configuration.

How often

Daily for databases that change daily, and before every update.

The 3-2-1 rule

Three copies, on two different kinds of storage, with one off-site.

Test the restore

A backup you have never restored is a hope, not a plan. Try a restore on a test sub-domain from time to time.