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Install Ghost CMS on Ubuntu 24.04 with Nginx, MySQL 8, Node.js 22, Ghost-CLI, HTTPS, systemd, backups, and safe updates.
Back up PostgreSQL to Raff Object Storage with Restic. Create encrypted dumps, schedule retention, check repository health, and test a full restore.
Self-host Supabase on a Raff Ubuntu 24.04 VM using Docker Compose. Configure PostgreSQL, Auth, Storage, and the Supabase Studio dashboard for a fully private, production-ready backend-as-a-service stack.
Deploy a multi-container application with Docker Compose on a Raff Ubuntu 24.04 VM. This tutorial covers a Node.js app with PostgreSQL and Redis using Compose profiles, health checks, and named volumes.
Install MongoDB 8.0 on Ubuntu 24.04 from the official repository. Enable authentication, create an app user, verify CRUD, and secure port 27017.
Install MySQL 8.0 on Ubuntu 24.04, keep root on auth_socket, create an app database and user, verify CRUD, and secure port 3306.
Self-host n8n on Ubuntu 24.04 with Docker Compose, PostgreSQL, Nginx, HTTPS, execution pruning, security auditing, backups, and safe updates.
Install PostgreSQL 18 on Ubuntu 24.04 from the official PGDG repository. Create a database and role, verify SCRAM authentication, and run a CRUD test.
Learn when VPS database hosting makes sense for small teams, with a decision framework for PostgreSQL, MySQL, backups, storage, security, performance, and cost.
Compare MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB across performance, data models, scaling, and use cases. A practical decision framework to choose the right database for your application.
Plan safer zero-downtime database migrations with expand-contract, batched backfills, compatibility windows, monitoring, and tested rollback.
Learn PostgreSQL replication, backups, and snapshots by understanding what each one protects, where each one fails, and how to design safer recovery on Raff.
Learn managed vs self-hosted database tradeoffs for small teams, with a decision framework for cost, backups, recovery, control, and Raff database options.
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