# Guides

This page gathers a collection of practical guides to help you use Plakar effectively. Each guide focuses on a specific topic, from basic setup to advanced configurations, so you can quickly find the instructions you need.






## [Scheduling Tasks](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.5/guides/setup-scheduler-daily-backups/index.md)



## [Importing Configurations](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.5/guides/importing-configurations/index.md)



## [Creating a Kloset Store](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.5/guides/create-kloset-repository/index.md)



## [Serving a Kloset Store over the Network](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.5/guides/serving-a-kloset-store-over-the-network/index.md)



## [Excluding files from a backup](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.5/guides/excluding-files-from-a-backup/index.md)



## [Retrieving secrets via external command](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.5/guides/retrieve-passphrase-kloset-store/index.md)



## [Logging In to Plakar](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.5/guides/logging-in-to-plakar/index.md)



## [Managing packages](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.5/guides/managing-packages/index.md)



## [Pruning snapshots](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.5/guides/using-plakar-prune/index.md)



## [Using Plakar UI](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.5/guides/using-plakar-ui/index.md)