Squidex cloud backup and mongodb

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Hi Sebastian,

From https://squidex.io/pricing:

Can I move from the cloud to a self hosted solution or back?

Yes, Squidex provides backup functionality out of the box. You can create a backup in the cloud and then restore this backup in your own installation. You can also open a support request to restore a backup in the Cloud.

I’m wondering:

  1. The backup. Is it a backup created using mongodump that i later can download if i would move need to move to self hosting? Or are you referring to squidex’s own built in backup capabilities (backup/restore squidex apps)?

  2. Does squidex cloud use mongodb atlas?

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It refers to the custom backup system, that only stores everything for one app. The mongodump would be a backup across all apps.

No, I consider that, but the pricing is high and it would need a major deployment change to keep the costs constant. But I would like to use atlas search and the vector database.

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Thanks for the update, Sebastian.

What about images. When I choose to buy one of your plans. The images are stored how and where by default?

And how can I transfer the images from squidex cloud to another cloud provider?

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The images are stored in google cloud storage. When you make a backup they are downloaded from the storage and added to the archive. So the backup can become pretty large.

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Hi @Sebastian,

Continuing in this thread since the following question is related.

What I’m wondering is the following:

I’m using Squidex Cloud for my app instead of rolling out my own infrastructure on some provider. From my understanding, backups (Settings → Jobs and Backups) are backups of that particular app and includes all event + images.

In case of a disaster, I can take this backup and recreate EVERYTHING (settings, rules, schemas, images (assets), content, users, roles, etc), correct?

Is there a way to automate the backup process? For example; I would like to take a backup of everything once every 24 hours. Is this possible, if so, how?

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There is no automatic solution for that. You have to use the CLI and automate it yourself.

But there is also a backup for the whole instance of course in case of a disaster.

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I will check the CLI.

How does the recovery of the instance work in practice?
In case of a disaster one would need to submit a support ticket and then you would carry out the restore?

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It is meant for the.whole system not individual users. So i fuck up something;)

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Okay, good to know there is a backup in case of a disaster.

So for one’s peace of mind the best thing to do is to:

  • Rely on Squidex Cloud infrastructure continuous backup strategy
  • Use the Squidex CLI to automate the backup process of backing up your app/apps
  • Anything else?
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No, thats basically it.

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