This topic complements using Digital Ocean Block Storage for image uploads . Hope the team will provide us with official ( recommended ) way of setting this up and move to the howto category. So, I simply would like to let Discourse make all backups in a block storage unit. Any nuances or little t…

We now have a howto for using DigitalOcean Block Storage: [image] Move Uploads and Backups to DigitalOcean Block Storage Self-Hosting So you want to move all uploads and backups to DigitalOcean Block Storage ? Before you do this, though, you might instead cons…

[image] meglio: I simply would like to let Discourse make all backups in a block storage unit. This should do it: cd /var/discourse ./launcher stop app cd /var/discourse/shared/standalone mv uploads /mnt/volume-sfo2-01/backups # script'd need to find this ln -s /mnt/volume-sfo2-01/backups . …

[image] pfaffman: This should do it: I’d like for the team to confirm the commands above, at least by liking the message, please :hamburger:

We don’t have any magic, secret knowledge about how Digital Ocean block storage works, and we don’t use it at all for our own infrastructure. You’d be better off trying it out yourself, determining if it meets your needs, and then reporting back for others in a similar position.

[image] mpalmer: You’d be better off trying it out yourself I’d gladly do, but I’m afraid to break something as I’m not knowledgeable enough in *nix to play with stuff like this and, more importantly, measure the outcomes.

Having backups on DO block storage is much less risky than having your images there. Has that been working for you? If so, it’d be helpful to know, as you may be the person with the most experience. But wait! Now it looks like there’s a better solution for backups developed and tested by a Discours…

Dropbox is a more expensive alternative, no? What’s more, it says it syncs, NOT moves, backups to Dropbox, which does not solve the problem of space shortage.

It depends. What I had in mind is a specific use case where the problem was: I have a dirty cheap vps provider, and I’m afraid of losing all my data. If things go south, I need a fresh backup to start over elsewhere.

[image] meglio: Dropbox is a more expensive alternative, no? Oh. I totally overlooked that. I’m already paying for dropbox, so for me it’s “free,” but $100/year is < than the $10/month for the DO space. I haven’t looked at the plugin, but I imagine that there’s a way to contrive having dropbo…

[image] pfaffman: Oh. I totally overlooked that. I’m already paying for dropbox, so for me it’s “free,” but $100/year is < than the $10/month for the DO space. With DO Block Storage, one can buy 20GB / $2 / mo for backups, which is more than enough and much cheaper than Dropbox. The question…

[image] pfaffman: This should do it: cd /var/discourse ./launcher stop app cd /var/discourse/shared/standalone mv uploads /mnt/volume-sfo2-01/backups # script’d need to find this ln -s /mnt/volume-sfo2-01/backups . cd - ./launcher start app Given that I didn’t miss a typo in the above, …

How-to guide on DigitalOcean Block Storage for backups?

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