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Notes on cloud migration, backups, deployment and security. Each post marks which steps we ran ourselves and which come only from official documentation.
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Zeabur Is Shutting Down: Migration Guide (Timeline, First Steps, Where to Move)
Zeabur is winding down its services from December 2026. This guide covers the timeline, the two things to do today, how to take inventory, where each kind of service should go, and what the Character.ai bankruptcy says about where your data ends up.
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Zeabur Database Backup and Restore: Tested Commands for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB and Redis
Two ways to get your databases off Zeabur: the built-in backup and your own dump. Every command was run in Docker, and the error messages you will hit are listed alongside.
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Moving n8n from Zeabur to a VPS: Lose the Encryption Key and Every Credential Is Gone (Tested)
The riskiest part of an n8n migration is N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY. In our tests, importing with the wrong key still reported success. How to find the key, export and import, plus a ready-to-use Docker Compose and Caddy setup.
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Zeabur to Google Cloud Run Without a Dockerfile: Steps We Actually Deployed
Backends deployed on Zeabur straight from GitHub, with no Dockerfile, can move to Cloud Run using a source deploy. We deployed one for real, and list the secret-permission error and its fix.
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Which Keys to Rotate After the Zeabur Security Incidents: Checklist and Order
Zeabur had security incidents in August and October. Which keys to replace, in what order, and a pitfall we found in testing: restoring a Zeabur backup brings the old database password back.
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Transferring Domains Off Zeabur and Switching DNS: the 60-Day Lock, .tw Domains, URLs to Update
Domains bought on Zeabur need a transfer; domains only pointed at Zeabur need DNS changes. ICANN's transfer rules, whether Cloudflare accepts .tw, and the webhook and login URLs people forget to update.
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Zeabur Alternatives Compared: Choose by Service Type, and Stop Putting Everything on One Platform
The easiest destination for static sites, backend APIs, databases and self-hosted tools such as n8n. We only list conditions we verified, such as Vercel's free plan being non-commercial and Cloudflare now recommending Workers for new projects.