# 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/v1.0.6/guides/setup-scheduler-daily-backups/index.md)



## [Importing Configurations](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.6/guides/importing-configurations/index.md)



## [Creating a Kloset Store](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.6/guides/create-kloset-repository/index.md)



## [Serving a Kloset Store over the Network](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.6/guides/serving-a-kloset-store-over-the-network/index.md)



## [Excluding files from a backup](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.6/guides/excluding-files-from-a-backup/index.md)



## [Retrieving secrets via external command](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.6/guides/retrieve-passphrase-kloset-store/index.md)



## [Logging In to Plakar](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.6/guides/logging-in-to-plakar/index.md)



## [Managing packages](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.6/guides/managing-packages/index.md)



## [Pruning snapshots](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.6/guides/using-plakar-prune/index.md)



## [Using Plakar UI](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.6/guides/using-plakar-ui/index.md)



## [MySQL](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.6/guides/mysql/index.md)

- [Logical backups with SQL dumps](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.6/guides/mysql/sqldump/index.md): Back up MySQL databases using mysqldump and restore from these backups.
- [Physical backups](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.6/guides/mysql/physical-backups/index.md): Perform physical backups of MySQL databases using file copy or Percona XtraBackup with Plakar.


## [PostgreSQL](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.6/guides/postgres/index.md)

- [Logical backups with SQL dumps](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.6/guides/postgres/pgdump/index.md): Back up PostgreSQL databases using pg_dump and restore from these backups.
- [Physical backups with pg_basebackup](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.6/guides/postgres/pg-base-backup/index.md): How to perform physical backups of a PostgreSQL cluster using pg_basebackup, and store them with Plakar.


## [OVHcloud](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.6/guides/ovhcloud/index.md)

- [Using OVHcloud VPS as a Dedicated Backup Server](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.6/guides/ovhcloud/ovhcloud-as-a-dedicated-backup-server/index.md): Automate backups of OVHcloud servers to Object Storage using a dedicated VPS.
- [Backing Up an OVHcloud Managed PostgreSQL Database](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.6/guides/ovhcloud/backup-ovhcloud-managed-postgres/index.md): Backing up an OVHcloud Managed PostgreSQL database to Object Storage using pg_dump and Plakar.


## [Exoscale](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.6/guides/exoscale/index.md)

- [Using Exoscale Compute as a Dedicated Backup Server](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.6/guides/exoscale/exoscale-compute-as-a-dedicated-backup-server/index.md): Back up Exoscale compute servers to Exoscale Object Storage using a dedicated compute instance.
- [Back Up an Exoscale Managed MySQL Database](https://plakar.io/docs/community/v1.0.6/guides/exoscale/backup-exoscale-managed-mysql/index.md): Back up an Exoscale Managed MySQL database to Exoscale Object Storage using mysqldump and Plakar