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I’m thinking that rsync is not sufficient for important large data backups. Even if I’m rsyncing the data away to the Hetzner Storage Box.
I need something more advanced with deduplication and so on. I tried #borgbackup in the past, and that thing was absolutely not user-friendly. It was rather user-hostile.
Now, #SelfHosted community has #Duplicati and #Duplicacy? Does someone use one? Any recommendations?

#homelab #selfhosting #selfhost #backup #backups #databackup

I’m thinking that rsync is not sufficient for important large data backups. Even if I’m rsyncing the data away to the Hetzner Storage Box.
I need something more advanced with deduplication and so on. I tried #borgbackup in the past, and that thing was absolutely not user-friendly. It was rather user-hostile.
Now, #SelfHosted community has #Duplicati and #Duplicacy? Does someone use one? Any recommendations?

#homelab #selfhosting #selfhost #backup #backups #databackup

borgmatic 2.1.7 has been released with archive hostname/username options, a Watchgoose monitoring hook, and many fixes.

#borgmatic #borgbackup #backup

Release notes: https://projects.torsion.org/borgmatic-collective/borgmatic/releases/tag/2.1.7

borgmatic 2.1.7 has been released with archive hostname/username options, a Watchgoose monitoring hook, and many fixes.

#borgmatic #borgbackup #backup

Release notes: https://projects.torsion.org/borgmatic-collective/borgmatic/releases/tag/2.1.7

Turns out I've been pruning my #BorgBackup archives wrong. There's a second step involved that actually deletes the "removed" data rather than just (presumably) removing the refrences to that data from the index. While I knew about this second step, I assumed that it was like how it works when you delete a file: the data technically remains intact, but gets overwritten by subsequent writes. Apparently I was wrong about this. I've been pruning—but not compacting—my daily backups monthly for years.

Long story short: I just spent an entire day compacting my backups. My backup storage just went from 71% full to 38%.

Turns out I've been pruning my #BorgBackup archives wrong. There's a second step involved that actually deletes the "removed" data rather than just (presumably) removing the refrences to that data from the index. While I knew about this second step, I assumed that it was like how it works when you delete a file: the data technically remains intact, but gets overwritten by subsequent writes. Apparently I was wrong about this. I've been pruning—but not compacting—my daily backups monthly for years.

Long story short: I just spent an entire day compacting my backups. My backup storage just went from 71% full to 38%.

borg 2.0.0b23-pre benchmarks from some essential components of borg:

https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/discussions/10056

#borgbackup #blake3 #hashing #chunking #zstd #compression #algorithms #simd

borg 2.0.0b23-pre benchmarks from some essential components of borg:

https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/discussions/10056

#borgbackup #blake3 #hashing #chunking #zstd #compression #algorithms #simd

Finaly stopped procrastinating to get my backups in order and learned a lot along the way.
https://medium.com/@rene-reifenrath/how-to-back-up-your-gnome-based-linux-desktop-8d39ab780e72

#borg #borgbackup #gnome #ubuntu

... and to celebrate that we have 5-digit IDs on Github now, there's that:

https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/issues/10000

#borgbackup #startrek #borg

... and to celebrate that we have 5-digit IDs on Github now, there's that:

https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/issues/10000

#borgbackup #startrek #borg

turns out this is what happens if your backup strategy is aggressive (read: based on Google for Education's former "everyone gets unlimited Drive storage" policy) and don't run `borg prune` for literally 8 years... and then all of a sudden you do........

#borgbackup #borgbase #backups

turns out this is what happens if your backup strategy is aggressive (read: based on Google for Education's former "everyone gets unlimited Drive storage" policy) and don't run `borg prune` for literally 8 years... and then all of a sudden you do........

#borgbackup #borgbase #backups

@sandcat @argv_minus_one looks like Restic is #llm infected too :-(

#selfhosting #borgbackup #restic #linux

@sandcat @argv_minus_one looks like Restic is #llm infected too :-(

#selfhosting #borgbackup #restic #linux

@borgbackup @argv_minus_one "you promoted it wrong" has serious victim blaming vibes :-\

I've been using #borgbackup for years. I'd rather avoid change.
Is there a public statement on their AI policy and usgae? Does everything still get a human review for instance?

#llm

@borgbackup @argv_minus_one "you promoted it wrong" has serious victim blaming vibes :-\

I've been using #borgbackup for years. I'd rather avoid change.
Is there a public statement on their AI policy and usgae? Does everything still get a human review for instance?

#llm

I just freed up 65GB in 9 minutes using BorgBackup's compaction feature, which is accessible with a single click from BorgWarehouse now! It's so powerful.

The speed of this compression is also the result of the brilliant work of Thomas Waldmann, the lead maintainer of BorgBackup. Thanks to him.

By the way, check out the beautiful redesign of the BorgBackup website : https://www.borgbackup.org/

#BorgBackup #OpenSource #SelfHosted

I just freed up 65GB in 9 minutes using BorgBackup's compaction feature, which is accessible with a single click from BorgWarehouse now! It's so powerful.

The speed of this compression is also the result of the brilliant work of Thomas Waldmann, the lead maintainer of BorgBackup. Thanks to him.

By the way, check out the beautiful redesign of the BorgBackup website : https://www.borgbackup.org/

#BorgBackup #OpenSource #SelfHosted

borgbackup 2.0.0b22 was just released!

First release with packs and also other exciting changes - do not use with production repositories!

https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases/tag/2.0.0b22

#borgbackup #linux #macOS #freeBSD #openBSD #netBSD #backup

borgbackup 2.0.0b22 was just released!

First release with packs and also other exciting changes - do not use with production repositories!

https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases/tag/2.0.0b22

#borgbackup #linux #macOS #freeBSD #openBSD #netBSD #backup

Borg Collective released #BorgBackup version 1.4.5. https://www.borgbackup.org/releases/

Borg Collective released #BorgBackup version 1.4.5. https://www.borgbackup.org/releases/

🎉 BorgWarehouse v3.6.0 is out!

This one is all about repository maintenance, right from the UI !

📦 Compact repos in one click
🗄️ Archive / unarchive repositories
🔓 Break stale locks

As always, everything runs server-side and BorgWarehouse still never holds your passphrase.

👉 https://borgwarehouse.com/

#BorgBackup #Backup #SelfHosted #OpenSource #Docker

🎉 BorgWarehouse v3.6.0 is out!

This one is all about repository maintenance, right from the UI !

📦 Compact repos in one click
🗄️ Archive / unarchive repositories
🔓 Break stale locks

As always, everything runs server-side and BorgWarehouse still never holds your passphrase.

👉 https://borgwarehouse.com/

#BorgBackup #Backup #SelfHosted #OpenSource #Docker

#borgbackup 1.4.5 was just released!

Some fixes, including a low severity security fix, some new features, some other changes.

https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases/tag/1.4.5

#linux #FreeBSD #openBSD #netBSD #macos #omniOS

#borgbackup 1.4.5 was just released!

Some fixes, including a low severity security fix, some new features, some other changes.

https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases/tag/1.4.5

#linux #FreeBSD #openBSD #netBSD #macos #omniOS

Can anyone guess what my fix was for ”Why is Mattermost always down in the early morning hours!?” 😅

Hint: Maybe #borgBackup should by default ignore the very repo it is backup-ing into...

UPDATE: Sorry, wrongly blamed @borgbackup - the backup included a #btrfs #snapper snapshots directory (which itself included the borg repo *several times* 😅). Although the inodes are equal, so borg could check that...

Can anyone guess what my fix was for ”Why is Mattermost always down in the early morning hours!?” 😅

Hint: Maybe #borgBackup should by default ignore the very repo it is backup-ing into...

UPDATE: Sorry, wrongly blamed @borgbackup - the backup included a #btrfs #snapper snapshots directory (which itself included the borg repo *several times* 😅). Although the inodes are equal, so borg could check that...

Sigh, https://asta.boserup.eu/forest/kompromat/ shows that #Borg #borgbackup is now #slop, and in quite core parts of it. Looks like it's time to change how I'm doing #backup ....

Sigh, https://asta.boserup.eu/forest/kompromat/ shows that #Borg #borgbackup is now #slop, and in quite core parts of it. Looks like it's time to change how I'm doing #backup ....

🚀 BorgWarehouse v3.5.0 is out!

New: per-repository external storage 💾

Send each Borg repo to the mounted storage of your choice (SSHFS, NFS, SMB, a dedicated disk, rclone…), picked right from the UI at creation. Give your mount points friendly names and keep an eye on their live reachability status.

https://borgwarehouse.com

📖 Docs: https://borgwarehouse.com/docs/admin-manual/external-storage/

#BorgBackup #SelfHosted #Backup #OpenSource

🚀 BorgWarehouse v3.5.0 is out!

New: per-repository external storage 💾

Send each Borg repo to the mounted storage of your choice (SSHFS, NFS, SMB, a dedicated disk, rclone…), picked right from the UI at creation. Give your mount points friendly names and keep an eye on their live reachability status.

https://borgwarehouse.com

📖 Docs: https://borgwarehouse.com/docs/admin-manual/external-storage/

#BorgBackup #SelfHosted #Backup #OpenSource

📦 More and more apps are adding BorgWarehouse to their catalog and I love to see it! 💜

To make those integrations easier, I share an official brand assets page: logos & icon in crisp SVG, brand colors and simple usage guidelines.

Grab everything here 👉 https://borgwarehouse.com/docs/prologue/branding/

#BorgBackup #SelfHosted #OpenSource #FOSS #Backup #TrueNas

📦 More and more apps are adding BorgWarehouse to their catalog and I love to see it! 💜

To make those integrations easier, I share an official brand assets page: logos & icon in crisp SVG, brand colors and simple usage guidelines.

Grab everything here 👉 https://borgwarehouse.com/docs/prologue/branding/

#BorgBackup #SelfHosted #OpenSource #FOSS #Backup #TrueNas

🚀 BorgWarehouse v3.4.0 is out!

After 3.5 years, BorgWarehouse needed a little facelift. I hope you like what I've done!

- 🌙 Full dark mode
- 📊 New monitoring dashboard
- 🎨 A custom icon for each repository
- Complete UI refresh across the whole app

https://github.com/Ravinou/borgwarehouse/releases/tag/v3.4.0

Enjoy!

#selfhosted #backup #opensource #borgbackup

🚀 BorgWarehouse v3.4.0 is out!

After 3.5 years, BorgWarehouse needed a little facelift. I hope you like what I've done!

- 🌙 Full dark mode
- 📊 New monitoring dashboard
- 🎨 A custom icon for each repository
- Complete UI refresh across the whole app

https://github.com/Ravinou/borgwarehouse/releases/tag/v3.4.0

Enjoy!

#selfhosted #backup #opensource #borgbackup

Server-Wartung Session done 🛠️

Was in einer Opencode-Session so alles zusammenkommt:

Dauer ca. 20 Minuten
#glm52 über #ollama cloud
knapp über 70k token

🔧 Forgejo 15.0.2 → 15.0.3
gepatched (ps:rebuild, app.ini ROOT verifiziert, health grün)

🗑️ Aufgeräumt - 2 stillgelegte Services entfernt:
- Open WebUI (KI-Chat, docker-image deploy) - Skill, nginx conf, SSL cert, update-check raus
- opencode-web (dev.premium-web.ai) - systemd service, nginx conf, SSL cert, update-check raus

🏗️ Refactored - monolithische 355-Zeilen `update.sh` in modulare Struktur:
- `lib/common.sh` + `lib/version-check.sh` (shared helpers)
- `checks/{forgejo,immich,backup,system}.sh` (eine Datei pro Service)
- Neuer Service = 1 Datei + 1 Zeile in Main
- Borg secrets aus Skript in `.env` ausgelagert

🛡️ Backup-Check rewrite - recency statt nur count:
- Borg `--last 1 --json` → neuestes Archiv muss <26h alt sein
- DB-Dump-Freshness-Check mit explizitem Alter
- 3 pure Hilfsfunktionen + Orchestrator
- Bugfix: zeigte 2.70 TB (compressed) statt 263 GB (dedup) - jetzt korrekt

📚 Doku aktualisiert - AGENTS.md, home.md, backup SKILL.md:
- Aktuelle Services, modulares Update-System, "Adding a new check" Howto
- restic komplett entfernt (incompatible mit Hetzner Storagebox) - Borg-only
- 7 commits, alle gepusht (auto-deploys Doku via Forgejo Actions)

Fazit: Infrastructure-as-code feels good ✨

#selfhosted #homelab #borgbackup #forgejo #dokku #opencode #linux

Server-Wartung Session done 🛠️

Was in einer Opencode-Session so alles zusammenkommt:

Dauer ca. 20 Minuten
#glm52 über #ollama cloud
knapp über 70k token

🔧 Forgejo 15.0.2 → 15.0.3
gepatched (ps:rebuild, app.ini ROOT verifiziert, health grün)

🗑️ Aufgeräumt - 2 stillgelegte Services entfernt:
- Open WebUI (KI-Chat, docker-image deploy) - Skill, nginx conf, SSL cert, update-check raus
- opencode-web (dev.premium-web.ai) - systemd service, nginx conf, SSL cert, update-check raus

🏗️ Refactored - monolithische 355-Zeilen `update.sh` in modulare Struktur:
- `lib/common.sh` + `lib/version-check.sh` (shared helpers)
- `checks/{forgejo,immich,backup,system}.sh` (eine Datei pro Service)
- Neuer Service = 1 Datei + 1 Zeile in Main
- Borg secrets aus Skript in `.env` ausgelagert

🛡️ Backup-Check rewrite - recency statt nur count:
- Borg `--last 1 --json` → neuestes Archiv muss <26h alt sein
- DB-Dump-Freshness-Check mit explizitem Alter
- 3 pure Hilfsfunktionen + Orchestrator
- Bugfix: zeigte 2.70 TB (compressed) statt 263 GB (dedup) - jetzt korrekt

📚 Doku aktualisiert - AGENTS.md, home.md, backup SKILL.md:
- Aktuelle Services, modulares Update-System, "Adding a new check" Howto
- restic komplett entfernt (incompatible mit Hetzner Storagebox) - Borg-only
- 7 commits, alle gepusht (auto-deploys Doku via Forgejo Actions)

Fazit: Infrastructure-as-code feels good ✨

#selfhosted #homelab #borgbackup #forgejo #dokku #opencode #linux

homelab storage server ready. it just took me 2 years.
- RAID ✅
- mkfs, fstab, etc ✅
- borg ✅
- borg extract ⏳
😴

#linux #sysadmin #borgbackup

homelab storage server ready. it just took me 2 years.
- RAID ✅
- mkfs, fstab, etc ✅
- borg ✅
- borg extract ⏳
😴

#linux #sysadmin #borgbackup

SaveWalterWhite — прохождение простой машины на платформе Aclabs.pro

Данный таск был активен в 6 сезоне CTF, который проходил на площадке Aclabs. Это простая машина, однако имеет 5 флагов. Сначала раскрутим RFI до RCE, далее будем повышать привелегии, пройдемся по горизонтальному перемещению и в конце сбежим из контейнера. Кстати 12 июня стартует новый, 7 сезон на сайте aclabs.pro. Будут новые задания и интересные уязвимости. Всем, кому интересен кибербез и уникальные тачки, ждем на платформе. Вход свободный! Поехали!

https://habr.com/ru/articles/1046229/

#linux #nginx #php #docker #rfi #osint #borg #borgbackup #mysql #reverse_shell

Bon, quand je vois les régressions que subit rsync à cause de l'utilisation d'IAgen pour sa maintenance, il faut vraiment que je prenne le temps de découvrir et prendre en main @borgbackup pour gérer mes sauvegardes !

https://mamot.fr/@John_Livingston/116667930388346112

#resistIAgen #vibecoding #backup #rsync #borgbackup

borgmatic 2.1.6 has been released with MariaDB system database dump improvements, credential support for KeePassXC's "secret service," and an experimental archive file browsing UI (see screenshot).

#borgmatic #borgbackup #backup

Release notes: https://projects.torsion.org/borgmatic-collective/borgmatic/releases/tag/2.1.6

borgmatic 2.1.6 has been released with MariaDB system database dump improvements, credential support for KeePassXC's "secret service," and an experimental archive file browsing UI (see screenshot).

#borgmatic #borgbackup #backup

Release notes: https://projects.torsion.org/borgmatic-collective/borgmatic/releases/tag/2.1.6

@heiseonline

eine sache müsste ich jetzt noch umschmeißen und könnten man früher in der projekt planung wissen:

https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-box/

das ist günstiger wie object storage - kann aber nicht von #restic verwendet werden

https://docs.hetzner.com/de/storage/storage-box/access/access-ssh-rsync-borg/

deshalb bin ich jetzt auf #borgbackup umgestiegen

dank meinem #opencode #ai #agent direkt auf meinem #linux #vserver war die umstellung ein einziger prompt!

backup läuft =)

Hey #borgbackup experts - if I do a daily backup but now I want to do also a hourly backup of one folder, would I do that to the same repository?

If yes, I probably need to adapt the prune calls to keep hourly backups, right?

:boost_ok:

Hey #borgbackup experts - if I do a daily backup but now I want to do also a hourly backup of one folder, would I do that to the same repository?

If yes, I probably need to adapt the prune calls to keep hourly backups, right?

:boost_ok:

Les gens qui utilisent #Windows (de gré ou de force), vous avez quoi comme alternative #foss à #BorgBackup pour faire de jolies #sauvegardes bien propres, automatisées et chiffrées ?

🚀 Big BorgWarehouse release!

🔑 OAuth/OIDC login (GitHub, Google, GitLab, Microsoft, custom OIDC…)
🐳 Major Docker improvements (PUID/PGID, faster startup, hardened image, one-line install)
🔔 Webhook notifications for repo alerts/status
🛠️ First-run setup wizard (goodbye admin/admin)
⚡ Manual repository refresh from UI

…and many more improvements & fixes across the project !

📚 Full documentation updated as always on https://borgwarehouse.com

#borgwarehouse #borgbackup #selfhosting #opensource