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So you need to archive data for years (if not decades), and you really donât trust a service provider to both stay in business, and play fair, for that long a time frame.
Continue reading S02E01 Archive this!
A script that will use multiple, publicly available RFC 3161-compatible services for timestamping files.
Continue reading timestamp.sh
A script that will monitor archive directories on a btrfs file system for changes, and call a user-defined bash function with a list of changed files and directories.
Continue reading archive.sh
So, you are the IT department in charge of your home office backups. Letâs implement secure backups, and a time machine for home office Linux users.
Continue reading S01E03 Secure backups, and a time-machine for your home office
A basic sampler dashboard definition for monitoring a hardened backup server on a terminal.
Continue reading servermonitoring
A basic script that will use a btrbk configuration file to store backups on an encrypted Direct Attached Storage (DAS) device, e.g. a USB drive.
Continue reading backup2offsite.sh
A basic sampler dashboard definition for monitoring a hardened backup server on a terminal.
Continue reading sampler-backup-server.yml
A basic sampler dashboard definition for monitoring a file server on a terminal.
Continue reading sampler-file-server.yml
So, youâve got a handful of files and need to turn them into PDF format. PDF files that donât just look good on your device, but everywhere, and are suitable for a long-term archiving.
Hereâs what you can do.
Continue reading S01E02 »Can I have this as a PDF?«
A script that will create a PDF/A file with searchable & copyable text, from a source PDF file that (mostly, or totally) hasnât.
Continue reading unsearchable2searchablepdfa.sh
