Guides
Practical guides for database fleets.
How to do the jobs that get hard once you have more than a handful of databases: managing many servers, backups, tenants and moves — by hand and with Fleetdock.
- Scheduled S3 backupsScheduled PostgreSQL and MySQL backups to S3 or Cloudflare R2Set up automated PostgreSQL and MySQL backups to S3 or Cloudflare R2 with a self-hosted tool: cron schedules, retention, checksums, alerts and test restores.Read
- Database per tenantDatabase-per-tenant: operating hundreds of customer databasesDatabase per tenant for SaaS: trade-offs against a shared schema, and how to run hundreds of customer databases with fleet queries, backups and drift checks.Read
- Many MySQL serversHow to manage many MySQL and MariaDB servers from one dashboardManage multiple MySQL and MariaDB servers from one self-hosted dashboard: connect each server, see every database, schedule backups and query them all at once.Read
- Move a databaseMove a MySQL or PostgreSQL database to another server, verifiedHow to migrate a MySQL or PostgreSQL database to another server: dump and restore commands, then a tracked copy or move with checksum and table-count checks.Read
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