Backup Tools
Table of Contents Overview Features Installation Special Considerations for the Maintenance Script License Overview Backup Tools is a pair of scripts for creating and managing append-only backups made with Borg and Restic. It supports automatically backing up a specified set of files, per-host exclusions, error reporting, and via a second script, periodic verification and compaction of the backups. Why Append-only backups? In short, so a malicious person or group, like a ransomware crew, can’t easily delete or alter your backups.
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Table of Contents Overview Features Installation Special Considerations for the Maintenance Script License Overview Backup Tools is a pair of scripts for creating and managing append-only backups made with Borg and Restic. It supports automatically backing up a specified set of files, per-host exclusions, error reporting, and via a second script, periodic verification and compaction of the backups. Why Append-only backups? In short, so a malicious person or group, like a ransomware crew, can’t easily delete or alter your backups.
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Tags: linux backup restic borg
Ransomware Resistant Backups with Borg and Restic
I published my backup scripts here; this post is a bit more about how I use these scripts to manage my backups and my rationale for why I do backups the way I do. In particular, I’ve setup my backup servers to provide at least some protection against intentional deletion by a hostile party (e.g., ransomware operator, etc.) by enforcing append-only backups with Borg and Restic + Rclone. Hopefully some of these ideas will be useful to others.
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Tags: linux backup restic borg
I published my backup scripts here; this post is a bit more about how I use these scripts to manage my backups and my rationale for why I do backups the way I do. In particular, I’ve setup my backup servers to provide at least some protection against intentional deletion by a hostile party (e.g., ransomware operator, etc.) by enforcing append-only backups with Borg and Restic + Rclone. Hopefully some of these ideas will be useful to others.
read more...
Tags: linux backup restic borg