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Backup and restore the Matomo dataRestore my MySQL databaseBackup my MySQL databaseBackup Matomo data and filesMomentarily disable Matomo User Interface and/or Matomo visitor TrackingBackup Matomo best practises – what to backup and how oftenView Matomo application logsWhen to trigger an alert when monitoring Matomo servers?Requirements for server infrastructure and capacity planningHow do I use the console tools in Matomo? Which console tools are available in Matomo by default?Find diagnostic information for report archivingImportant Logs to enable and backupSetup a staging instanceEnable MySQL slow query logs for MatomoHow long does the Matomo archiving process take for high traffic websites?Clear the various caches in MatomoPrevent Matomo from sending any email, when testing Matomo on a staging/non-prod environmentGet the DB-IP databases or Maxmind GeoIp2 to improve accuracy of Country detection, and detect visitors’ Cities and RegionsDelete old visitors statistics for a given website and/or dateReplay the traffic to Matomo and ingest logs of matomo.php (or piwik.php) requestsMonitor errors from Matomo CRON tabsSetup Auto-Archiving script to run using systemd on a Linux system instead of cron

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