[dewey]

I've landed on your issue too at the time when I was building my Dokku setup. I don't disagree that it would be nice but I just disagree with the parent poster making it sound like it's an essential feature that makes the project any less valuable.

[cweagans]

Sure, Dokku is still valuable without it. I've seen a ton of recommendations over the years to "just use Dokku" when people ask about simple hosting setups for their side hustle or whatever though. In that context, Dokku isn't really a viable option unless backups are in place - ideally OOTB. Without having backups OOTB, the idea of Dokku being a really easy way to get going is a little bit diluted, don't you think?

I sort of see it the same way as "just install Linux Mint, it's great, you'll love it", but when something doesn't work, it's "oh yeah, just open the terminal and ________": opening the terminal is the _last_ thing people want to do if they just wanna read their email or whatever.

[FloatArtifact]

My comment comes from the lack of backup and restore systems for nearly all projects that I've seen, especially open source for services and applications.