# Automatic backup monitoring

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-backup-monitoring/261122>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [April 9, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-backup-monitoring/261122 "2023-04-09T20:42:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 10, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-backup-monitoring/261122/5 "2023-04-10T16:17:43Z")

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If you want to call a hook after the backup is done I think you’d need to create a plugin.

> [@Jagster](#):
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> But it would work as early warning system if Discourse is down because of database failing, but because of caching users don’t see it right away.

Are you really suggesting that a failed backup is how you want to know if Discourse is down?

`/srv/status` gives you a pretty good idea, though Discourse can break in ways that aren’t reflected by that. It will indicate if the database is broken.

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