Easy setup
in 3 steps
Step 1: Authenticate with your DigitalOcean account
The first time you log in to DigitalDam, you will be asked to connect to your DigitalOcean account.
Once you have successfully authenticated, you are ready for step 2.
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Step 2: Add Droplets / Servers
Click the Add Server button. You will be presented with a list of Droplets from your DigitalOcean account. Select one to create a backup schedule for it.
Server Details Page
After adding your Droplet to DigitalDam, you will be redirected to the server details page.
Backup Schedule: Here you can see if your hourly, daily, and weekly backups are
on or off. If they are on, you will also be able to see how often they are scheduled, how many
copies are retained, and when the next backup will take place.
Settings: This panel shows which backup methods are active and the statuses of
the SSH and database connections.
Performed Backups: Once backups are running, you will be able to see
information about retained copies of performed backups with details such as type (hourly,
daily or weekly), the size of the snapshot, how long ago it was performed. From here you will
also be able to delete any backup if you no longer want to keep it.
Step 3: Edit the schedule and configure the additional settings
Edit Schedule Page
This page has three sections: Hourly, Daily and Weekly
Hourly: Here you can set up an interval for hourly backups, from once every
half an hour (if your plan allows it) and once in 12 hours. You can also choose how many hourly
backups you would like to retain.
Daily: Here you can set up what time of day you would like your daily backups
to take place. You can also choose how many daily backups you would like to retain.
Weekly: Here you can set up a schedule for weekly backups. You may select which
day of the week and what time you would like the weekly backups to be performed. You can also
choose how many weekly backups you would like to retain.
Server Settings Page
This page is divided into three parts: backup methods, notification settings and SSH settings
for optional database and off-site backup.
Backup Methods: The default backup method is DigitalOcean's snapshots. In this
panel you may also enable and set up the database backup to have a fallback in case of a possibly
malformed database inside a snapshot. If you enable the off-site file backup option, you will
be able to enter your SSH credentials to connect to your off-site file storage server.
Notification Settings: In this panel you can set up email and Slack
notifications (some options may not be available depending on your plan).
SSH Settings: The SSH setup in this panel is used to perform database and
off-site backups, so it's only required if one of these options are enabled.
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