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How to Automatically Backup Your Digital Ocean Droplets Once a Week
Make sure you never lose anything on your Digital Ocean Droplets by automatically backing them up. Instead of having to login to your dashboard and create a snapshot manually, Nekton can do it automatically for you on a schedule.
Steps to automate
Use Nekton workflow automation service.Preparation
Create Nekton account. You can also use your existing Google account
to sign in.
Create automation
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Click on the "Create new workflow" button, and then add "Automated step".
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Set the step description to "Automatically Backup Your Digital Ocean Droplets Once a Week" and then click on "Automate".
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Provide the necessary parameters and click on the "Test it" button to check your automation. If you had issues with it, you can click on "Automate" again to try a different one.
Create a schedule (optional)
If you want to run this automation on a schedule, click on the gear button on the workflow editor
screen
to configure it. For example, you can run this flow every hour or every day.
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DigitalOcean actions
Nekton can use any feature that is available in DigitalOcean API.
Using our advanced AI, you can easily create custom automations for DigitalOcean.
Here are some typical actions you can do in your automated workflows.
Add SSH Key
Adds a new SSH key to your account.
Create Droplet
Creates a new Droplet in your account.
Power Droplet On/Off
Powers a Droplet on or off (via either a hard or graceful shutdown).
Create Domain
Domain resources are domain names that you have purchased from a domain name registrar that you are managing through the DigitalOcean DNS interface. This trigger creates a new domain, with a name and IP address.
Create Snapshot
Creates a new snapshot for the selected droplet.
New Backup
Triggers when a new backup is created for the selected Droplet.
About DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean is a cloud computing platform to quickly deploy virtual machines—with your custom code, or with a one-click app—manage storage, balance loads, and run it all from one place.