Backup or Snapshot My Droplet

Posted on January 3, 2021

Hi Every one,

Kindly i have a droplet that i run my mobile app API backend on using (Laravel-Lumen + MYSQL DB) i need to update some of my API functions + run new migrations on the database, just wanna make sure that in case any thing goes wrong during my updates i can roll back to my droplet + all backend data.

So what is the best approach to this backup my droplet? or take a snapshot for it?

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Simon Bennett

January 3, 2021

Accepted Answer

Hello @Appsdev85

I always before a backup before running large Laravel migrations so good thinking.

So the snapshot will do a full backup of the server which will cover the application code and the database before the migration. If goes wrong you will be able to restore the droplet to that point.

It may be worth also taking a database backup too, if your using Git rolling the code back will be easy but the database is more complex and restoring a backup can be the easiest way. You can do this via a MySQL GUI like phpmyadmin, table plus, sequalpro (depending on the database size for if this is practical) or you could use MySQLdump. I have a guide on our website for how to do all sorta tricks and tips for MySQLDump and how to copy them from the server to your local machine

Doing

Any questions feel free to hit me up love to help people with backups.

Simon Founder and CEO - SnapShooter DigitalOcean Backups + Laravel Backups