I just started getting into self hosting using docker compose and I wonder about possible backup solutions. I only have to safe my docker config so far, but I want host files as well. What software and hardware are you using for backup?
I use rsync with an offsite backup.
Rsnapshot to an external USB drive.
Probably not the best, but it works for my little 6TB OpenMediaVault server with some Docker thrown in.
I’ve been using Borg to back my stuff up. It gets backed up to rsync.net, which has good support for Borg:
https://www.rsync.net/products/borg.html
If you’re good enough at computers, you can even set up a special borg account with them that’s cheaper and has no tech support.
That looks cool, and they’ve got some other nifty looking things like https://www.pikapods.com/. Any idea how stable the company is? I partially like rsync.net because it’s pretty unlikely to just disappear someday.
Seconding this. On my unRAID host, I run a docker container called “Vorta” that uses Borg as its backend mechanism to backup to my SynologyNAS over NFS. Then on my Syno, run two backup jobs using HyperBackup, one goes to my cousin’s NAS connected via a Site-to-Site OpenVPN connection on our edge devices (Ubiquity Unifi Security Gateway Pro <-> UDM Pro), the other goes to Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage.
OP, let me know if you need any assistance setting something like this up. Gotta share the knowledge over here on Lemmy that we’re still used to searching evil Reddit for.
My brother and I both run an USG. Would love to learn from you how to set up site2site VPN!
Niiiice, quick question, are both of y’all running the latest UniFi Controller version & using the new WebUI view layout?
A lot of services have some kind of way to create backup files. I have cronjobs doing that daily then uploading it to some cloud storage with rclone.
Backblaze B2. Any software that is S3 compatible can use B2 as the target and it’s reasonably priced for the service. I backup all the PCs and services to a Synology NAS and then backup that to B2 (everything except my Plex media, that would be pricy and it’s easy enough to re-rip from disc if needed).
