Re: server backup
On 15.09.2014 09:44, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 11:56:35AM -0600, Glenn English wrote:
>> What do you server admins use for backup?
I use duply for data backups. Pros:
- push backups via ssh
- encrypted with gpg key1
- signed with gpg key2
- built in file checksumming
my scenario: running several servers in a data center and a central
backup storage. My backups should still be secure if one of those gets
hacked. because of the gpg encryption, I can crypt backups with the
public part of key1, but I can save the private part for encryption
offline on a paper/usb stick in a safe (this works for my private and my
professional stuff at work).
> Personally (not professionally), I only back up user data, and
> use a puppet recipe to configure my servers, so that if I need
> to restore them I can do so by running the puppet script on a
> pristine Debian install.
same here, using puppet to configure the hole maschine.
> For user data I mostly use rdiff-backup. I've been meaning to
> look at obnam for a while.
>
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