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Every setup step, written down.

18 guides covering how to connect a server, point it at your own storage bucket, pick a schedule, and work out why a run failed — with the actual commands, config paths, and error strings.

Start with the quick start

New here? Three guides, in this order.

They build on each other: an account and a storage bucket, then a server VPS Snaps can reach, then the job that ties the two together. Roughly a quarter of an hour end to end.

  1. 1

    Quick start guide

    Get your first backup running in under 5 minutes.

    Read guide
  2. 2

    Connecting a server via SSH

    How to add a server and securely authenticate with a key pair or password.

    Read guide
  3. 3

    Creating your first backup job

    A walkthrough of every field in the backup job creation form.

    Read guide

Then one of these, depending on what you run

If your server runs WordPress, Laravel, Craft CMS, or Ghost

Auto-detecting applications on a server

If the machine has no public SSH — behind NAT, a VPN, or a private VPC

Using the Agent for private infrastructure

Browse by category

Every guide we have, grouped by what you are trying to do.

Scheduling

1 guide

Didn't find it?

Three places to go next, roughly in the order worth trying.

Email support

Send the run ID and the error text from the failed run's log. The contact page has a short template covering exactly what to include so it can be answered in one reply.

Contact support

Check service status

If scheduled runs stopped firing across every job at once, the problem may well be ours. The status board covers the API, backup processing, scheduling, and notifications.

View status

Skim the FAQ

Shorter answers about plans and limits, which storage providers work, who holds your backup data, and what happens to it if you cancel.

Read the FAQ

Evaluating VPS Snaps rather than running it? Pre-sales questions go to the same inbox — ask whether it fits your stack before you sign up for anything.

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