Summary

Bitnami’s licensing and support changes have made its once-free Helm charts unsustainable for open-source projects. In response, Drubernetes, the Terraform module for running Drupal on Kubernetes, has replaced Bitnami’s MariaDB chart with the official MariaDB operator in its 2.0.0 release to ensure continued open-source compatibility, security, and portability. This release requires a few migration steps, including backing up your current Drupal database (DB), …

Consistent logins, smoother backups, fewer headaches.

We’ve always believed your experience at BackupScale should be effortless. That’s why our account-management dashboard site runs on Drupal, which lets you sign up in seconds with practically any username you like.

But as we prepare to launch paid plans and expand our platform, that freedom started bumping into the real‑world limits of our back‑end systems. To keep everything running smoothly, we’re introducing new, …

Background

Our customer dashboard, which will soon be used for managing subscriptions to our backup service (and not just newsletters and our contact form, as we’re doing now), is built on the Drupal data management framework. Until now, we’ve been hosting it with a company that specializes in hosting very specific types of applications, like Drupal. This wasn’t working for us because our service is running in our Kubernetes cluster at a cloud service …

Project Status Update

It’s been a busy six months here at BackupScale—time flies when you’re building the future of secure, reliable backups! Below is a quick look at the progress we’ve made since August, as well as a glimpse into our final major to-do before launch.

What We’ve Accomplished

Moved to a New Cloud Provider

• Selection & Migration: We evaluated multiple options and chose the best-fit cloud provider for our needs.
• Cloud-Native Conversion: Our services now run …

As we prepare for the launch of BackUpScale, we’re excited to share a new feature that we believe will enhance your backup experience: the ability to create an unlimited number of backup repositories. This feature provides you with greater flexibility in organizing and managing your backups, tailored to meet your unique needs.

One Repository or Many? The Choice Is Yours

When it comes to setting up your backups, it’s often more efficient to keep everything in a single …

In the world of cloud computing, finding the right balance between cost, security, and reliability is crucial. At BackUpScale, we’re committed to providing a secure and reliable backup service without breaking the bank. Here’s how we’re achieving this balance and why we’ve made the choices we have.

The Cost of Major Cloud Providers

The major cloud hosting providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft’s Azure, and Google Cloud Platform …

Hello everyone,

I am thrilled to announce that development on BackUpScale has resumed in earnest after a couple of years of being on hold. This marks the first blog post on backupscale.com, and I couldn’t be more excited to share the progress and plans with all of you.

The Journey So Far

BackUpScale started as a prototype a couple of years ago. The initial goal was to create an end-to-end secure backup solution with Restic at the core and append-only backups for …