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Tag: backups

  • Better backups with BorgBase

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    I recently posted an article on how I used rsnapshot for backing up this blog. This worked fine but I was having two major issues with the approach. 1. Backing up the database’s internal file storage Generally speaking, it’s bad practice to backup a database’s internal file storage as it could change mid-backup. A better…

  • Get your backups to safety with rsnapshot

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    In this article we learned how to backup Docker volumes. However, storing them on the same machine won’t do us any good should, for example, the harddrive fail. rsnapshot to the rescue. I run rsnsapshot as a Docker container from my home server and have set up a ssh source in the rsnapshot config file…

  • How to backup your Docker volumes

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    I’m running this blog from a Docker container behind a reverse proxy. That being said, I’m using volumes to persist my container data. Backing these up requires a bit more work than simply copying files from a to b. Backup commands using temporary containers In order to create a backup from a volume, I’m using…