🔒 Production rules (save these)

✅ Always keep at least 7 days of backups
✅ Never store backups in /data or /log
✅ Never rely on Docker volumes as the only backup
✅ Periodically copy backups off-VPS (S3 / Drive / NAS)

🧠 Golden rules (remember forever)

Never override SQL Server container command

Never background sqlservr

Always use entrypoint init scripts

All restore config comes from .env

Folder structure provides isolation