Videos

28 Articles

Restoring your site from a Scout backup

A video guide on how to use Scout’s backups to restore your site’s files or database

How to analyse your storage usage in Scout

A video guide on how to learn more about your site’s storage usage using the ncdu command

Connecting to a site via SSH in Scout

A video guide on how to manage your Scout hosted site via SSH

Creating a cron job or scheduled task in Scout

A video guide on how to create a cron job / scheduled task using Scout

How to download a Scout backup / snapshot

A video guide on how to download a site backup (or snapshot) through Scout

Restarting your Scout server

A quick video guide on how to reboot your server via the Scout control panel

Using Scout’s site modes

A video breakdown of Scout’s Live, Development and Debugging modes

How to authorise your SSH public key in Scout

A video guide on how to manage & authorise your public keys in Scout to enable SSH/SFTP access

Resetting your site’s file permissions in Scout

A video guide on how to reset your file & folder permissions in Scout

Password protecting your website using Scout

A video guide on how to password protect your Scout hosted website, this is perfect for protecting your staging & development sites