"value":"\n <p>As well as being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliverdavies.uk\/daily\/2025\/03\/12\/easy\">easy to build<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliverdavies.uk\/daily\/2025\/03\/13\/deploy\">simple to deploy<\/a>, static websites are easy to backup and, if needed, restore.<\/p>\n\n<p>I backup several static websites from my server using rsync - the same command I use to deploy them.<\/p>\n\n<p>rsync is fast as it only downloads files that have changed, so backing up several websites only takes a few seconds.<\/p>\n\n<p>There are are no databases to worry about - all I need to do is backup the static files themselves.<\/p>\n\n<p>Running the backups is also easy.<\/p>\n\n<p>I have a scheduled cron job that downloads everything from the <code>\/var\/www\/vhosts<\/code> directory on my server and creates a local copy.<\/p>\n\n<p>If I need to restore from a backup or migrate to a different server, I just run the appropriate rsync command to re-upload them - the same as how I deployed them originally.<\/p>\n\n ",
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