System Archives

S02E01 Archive this!

So you need to archive data for years (if not decades), and you really don’t trust a service provider to both stay in business, and play fair, for that long a time frame.
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S01E03 Secure backups, and a time-machine for your home office

So, you are the IT department in charge of your home office backups. Let’s implement secure backups, and a time machine for home office Linux users.
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servermonitoring

A basic sampler dashboard definition for monitoring a hardened backup server on a terminal.
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backup2offsite.sh

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.
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sampler-backup-server.yml

A basic sampler dashboard definition for monitoring a hardened backup server on a terminal.
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sampler-file-server.yml

A basic sampler dashboard definition for monitoring a file server on a terminal.
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File synchronization: Configure Syncthing for multi-user devices

Some data (like password databases) are best kept local. When you sync them to all of your devices with Syncthing, there’s a catch on multi-user devices, like shared PCs. Here’s what to do.
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Recommended software

»If you could recommend one, and only one software for this job, what would it be?«

These are our answers to that question.
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Privacy notice

We’re committed to protecting your data, and since we’re proudly EU-based, also committed to taking the GDPR seriously.
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