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J. WestfallSet Up and Manage Your Virtual Private Serverhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6966-4_6

6. Basics of Backups and Version Control

Jon Westfall1  
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Cleveland, MS, USA
 

Running your own VPS can be challenging when everything is going right, but it can be downright frustrating and stressful when things go wrong. One of the most common things that goes wrong is when a file is corrupted or accidentally modified or deleted. It’s times like that system administrators really enjoy having a robust backup or version control system. Without one, you may find that this is easily enough to sink your entire VPS. Nothing worse than building out a system that ...

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