Drubernetes v3: Replacing Nginx Ingress with Envoy Gateway

Tuesday, December 30, 2025 by Colan Schwartz

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As part of contributing back to the open-source community, we maintain a Terraform module (on the Terraform Registry) for managing a Drupal site in Kubernetes. And we’re always making it more stable, both for our platform, and everyone else.

This release marks a significant architectural improvement: the transition from Nginx Ingress to Envoy Gateway as the default Kubernetes ingress solution.

Over the years, Nginx Ingress has served the community well, but it has now …

Announcing Drubernetes v2: Moving from Bitnami to the Official MariaDB Operator

Tuesday, October 21, 2025 by Colan Schwartz

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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), …

One Username to Rule Them All: Why We're Updating Our User Naming Rules

Thursday, August 21, 2025 by Colan Schwartz

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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, …

BackUpScale Milestones: August–December 2024 Highlights

Friday, January 17, 2025 by Colan Schwartz

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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 …

Introducing Unlimited Backup Repositories

Thursday, September 5, 2024 by Colan Schwartz

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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 …

Balancing Cost, Security, and Reliability

Tuesday, August 6, 2024 by Colan Schwartz

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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 …