📝 Originally published on unfoldcms.com — reposted here for the DEV community. (I work on UnfoldCMS.) TL;DR: A self-hosted CMS without a tested backup is a self-hosted CMS waiting to lose data. The fix is small: nightly DB dumps + weekly media snapshots + monthly restore drills + offsite copy. This guide covers the practical setup — what to back up, how often, where to store it, and the restore drill nobody runs until they need it. The honest version of every self-hosted CMS horror story is the