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WordPress mass update script 3.1.4

This script will search /var/www (changeable in a variable) for any wordpress installs and make sure its upgraded to the latest version. It will run a backup to /root/wp_upgrade/ of all files and database before doing anything with the site … Continue reading

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WordPress mass update script 3.1

This script will search /var/www (changeable in a variable) for any wordpress installs and make sure its upgraded to the latest version. It will run a backup to /root/wp_upgrade/ of all files and database before doing anything with the site … Continue reading

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Run your own VPS backups

We have just added a VPS snapshot/backup page to the RimuHosting control panel. By default for each VPS we run a weekly backup.  This creates a snapshot of your VPS disk image.  Which you can then restore to (e.g. to … Continue reading

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Introducing bakop

Introducing http://bakop.com, the offsite FTP backup service We have 'broken out' the popular RimuHosting-customer-only backupspace service into a standalone and separately branded service.  That anyone can sign up for and use. You get to use however much space you need.  … Continue reading

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Updating old installs – Plesk – and other nasty issues

When choosing a VPS often people go with the distro that suits them best, usually one they find easy to manage. Whilst this is fine, you also need to remember that at some stage in the future you will need … Continue reading

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Daily PostgreSQL Backups

We have had a few backup scripts posted, however i noticed today when a customer asked for a postgreSQL one we don't actually have one handy. This one is for a daily dump of the database, rolling over every 10 … Continue reading

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Quick and Easy Automatic Backup Script

At Rimuhosting we do a weekly snapshot backup of your VPS. This means that if anything goes wrong you can revert to the previous image. However since its weekly, not daily, you may find you have lost the data between … Continue reading

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Keeping things going over the holiday season

Well its that time of year again, and you do NOT want to be dealing with broken servers over Xmas. Heres a few tips to make sure things stay honkey dory over the Xmas period. Upgrades: Dont upgrade anything, do … Continue reading

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sshmnt installation and useage for backups

So you want to use sshfs to do a backup? We have had a couple of customers unsure what to do when the sshfs command is not found. Its not too hard to do. Debian based VPS can just run … Continue reading

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