Backups
Ok, after a particularly stupid moment a week or so ago (where my fancy backup script was deleted by my fancy backup cleaning script [who then went and deleted himself {he's a male apparently}]) I have gotten things back to normal. Now the site backups are running again.
Every few hours a database snapshot is being taken and saved, and then I’m emailed. Every so often I will download some copies to my local hard drive for safe keeping.
Once a day a full backup of all uploads as well as the database is created, and once again I’m emailed.
These are done automatically, and at set times. No more fear about things vanishing.
At the same time I copied all the files over to a new user account that has a nice folder structure (thank you symbolic links!).
Webmin for Ubuntu
If you’re playing around with Ubuntu Server I would seriously suggest you check out Webmin, it rocks.
I’ve got an old PC I got from my school (for some cans of food). It’s too hold to run Windows successfully, but it is perfect to use as a Ubuntu server to muck about on.
Definitely try the Webmin interface, it makes managing the system a breeze.
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/ubuntu-serverinstall-gui-and-webmin-in-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex-guide.html
