Disaster-Recovery

Self-Hosting Duplicati: Encrypted Cloud Backup with Docker You have a self-hosted stack running. Databases, configuration files, media libraries, personal documents — all living on your server. Now ask yourself: if that drive died right now, what would you lose? Duplicati is a free, open-source backup client that encrypts your data before sending it to cloud storage. It supports over 30 storage backends — S3, Backblaze B2, Google Drive, OneDrive, SFTP, WebDAV, and more — with AES-256 encryption, deduplication, and incremental backups. Everything runs through a clean web UI, so you schedule it once and forget about it. ...

Backups are the most neglected part of any self-hosting setup — until the day you need one. Kopia is a modern, open-source backup tool that makes encrypted, deduplicated, incremental backups surprisingly painless. If you’ve looked at Restic and wondered whether there’s something with a GUI, Kopia is the answer. What is Kopia? Kopia is a cross-platform backup tool that stores encrypted snapshots in a repository. It handles deduplication at the block level, compresses data, and supports a wide range of storage backends — local disk, SFTP, S3, Backblaze B2, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob, and more. ...

The Complete Docker Compose Backup Strategy for Self-Hosters You’ve got a dozen Docker Compose stacks humming along — Nextcloud for files, Vaultwarden for passwords, Gitea for code, maybe Immich for photos. Everything works great. Until it doesn’t. A corrupted disk, a bad update, an accidental docker volume rm — and suddenly you’re staring at data loss. If you don’t have a backup strategy, it’s only a matter of time. This guide walks through everything you need to back up your Docker Compose infrastructure properly. ...

You’re running a home server with important data — photos, documents, databases, configurations. What happens when a drive dies? When you accidentally rm -rf the wrong directory? When ransomware hits? Restic + Rclone is the gold standard backup combo for self-hosters. Restic creates fast, encrypted, deduplicated snapshots. Rclone syncs them to any cloud provider. Together, they give you enterprise-grade backups for free. The 3-2-1 Backup Rule Before we start, understand the rule that prevents data loss: ...