Restic

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. ...

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: ...

Automating Backups for Your Home Server: Complete Guide You’ve spent hours setting up your perfect home server with Docker containers, configuration files, and precious data. But what happens when a drive fails, ransomware strikes, or you accidentally delete something critical? Without automated backups, you’re one mistake away from losing everything. This guide will show you how to implement rock-solid automated backups for your home server using proven tools and the industry-standard 3-2-1 backup rule. ...