Spent some time tonight figuring out a few things to help with my home backup solution.

First, I wanted a backup solution OTHER THAN synology's Active backup. Its fine and all, but its severely limited. It does full machine backups, with no exclusions. resulting in enormous backups on my NAS, which i then replicate to the cloud. Which can get expensive.

I had tinkered with Restic to do a point-in-time backup of my desktop a while back, but I never really dug in, to see what sort of storage back-ends it supported and how to best leverage it. Tonight I did that.

Then I stood up a Minio service on my Synology, which was surprisingly easy until I learned that they gimped their web UI for free users sometime in 2025. Which makes me sad, but I found some how-to's on how their CLI works, and got things configured.

Now I have restic on this laptop backing up to Minio via Restic for the first time, and it seems like automating it for daily backups would be relatively easy.

#backup #linux #selfhosted #selfhosting

Und?

Heute schon an (d)ein #Backup gedacht?

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[Fediverse BackUp]

So, I think an (ActivityPub / ActivityStreams) Activity File COULD be a "good" format for backing-up a single post on the Fediverse, but —

Most (maybe all) extant Fediverse software would need to change a bit. Fediverse software would need to support embedding "everything" in a single Activity File (rather than referring to "everything" else by URLs).

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#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #BackUp #BackUps #FediBackUp #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse

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[Fediverse BackUp]

Also — what about comments / replies —

Someone people (including me) would want at least some of the comments / replies to be included in a BackUp for a post.

So, for an Activity File to be a "good" format for a BackUp, a single Activity File would also need to contain (all or selected) the comments / replies to the post.

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#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #BackUp #BackUps #FediBackUp #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse

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[Fediverse BackUp]

Also — we would need to consider Threads / Storms —

Where people reply to their own post to make a larger post made up of smaller posts.

(I.e., what I have been doing here 🙂 )

For an Activity File to be a "good" format for a BackUp, a single Activity File would need to contain all the posts in the Thread / Storm.

Also —

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#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #BackUp #BackUps #FediBackUp #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse

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[Fediverse BackUp]

Also — we would need to consider Threads / Storms —

Where people reply to their own post to make a larger post made up of smaller posts.

(I.e., what I have been doing here 🙂 )

for an Activity File to be a "good" format for a BackUp, a single Activity File would need to contain all the posts in the Thread / Storm.

Also —

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#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #BackUp #BackUps #FediBackUp #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse

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[Fediverse BackUp]

But — for an Activity File to be a "good" format for a BackUp, there would need to be a way to get the Fediverse software to embed the (non-text) media (such as images, audio, video, etc) into an Activity File.

Also —

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#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #BackUp #BackUps #FediBackUp #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse

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[Fediverse BackUp]

Now, having said that, I don't think there is anything about ActivityPub / ActivityStreams that "prevents" Fediverse software from not embedding (non-text) media (such as images, audio, video, etc) into an Activity File —

For example, an "Image" Object can contain a ("mediaType" and a) "content" field (rather than an "href" field).

But —

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#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #BackUp #BackUps #FediBackUp #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse

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[Fediverse BackUp]

If you wanted to BackUp a post on the Fediverse, and all you download was the Activity File (with URLs pointing to the non-text media), then — you lost all the (non-text) media (such as images, audio, video, etc) that were part of the post.

Which would be bad.

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#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #BackUp #BackUps #FediBackUp #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse

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[Fediverse BackUp]

I think one challenge, in practice, with using an Activity File as a BackUp Format is that — a lot of Fediverse software does NOT embed (non-text) media (such images, audio, video, etc) in the Activity File.

But, instead references them using URLs.

(And, by "URL" I mean "URI", "IRI", etc.)

Usually this is probably a good thing, but —

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#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #BackUp #BackUps #FediBackUp #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse

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[Fediverse BackUp]

Could an ActivityPub / ActivityStreams file be a "good" format for backing up a post?

(I.e., what I call an "Activity File". I.e., the file that has a media-type of "application/activity+json".)

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#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #BackUp #BackUps #FediBackUp #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse

Backups

externe Festplatte nach Upgrade auf 24.04 wieder einhängen
https://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/externe-festplatte-nach-upgrade-auf-24-04-wied/
14.12.2025 um 13:56 Uhr

#ubuntuusers #forumuu #linux #opensource #fragenistmenschlich #backup #Datensicherung

Надежное хранение данных, или как не потерять важную информацию

https://peervideo.ru/w/aN81qEKzxpsqYyYqWkLFR4

#Development #Launches
Backup Buddy · Turn your whole website into timeless Markdown https://ilo.im/168zt7

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#Backup #Markup #Content #Website #CLI #WebDev #Frontend #HTML

Ever Wondered What Would Happen If You Lost Your Account?

Manton Reece, a developer and long-time Apple user, recently lost permanent access to his Apple ID. And he didn’t even do anything wrong. The result: 20 years of photos, messages and data? Gone. A true worst case scenario! But let’s have a look, should we learn something from that?

[…]

https://www.locked.de/never-trust-a-single-company/

#Backup #DisasterRecovery

Barely made it! My 2025 edition of homelab updates with only a couple of weeks to spare. https://www.careyscloud.ie/homelab2025/

#homelab #selfhosted #nvidia #minisforum #nas #linux #fedora #bazzite #ugreen #jellyfin #immich #blog #hardware #n3rdware #server #offsite #backup #forgejo

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Migueldeicaza/115713071946346627

Please, please, please don't rely on big tech to keep your data safe. They will carelessly cut you and laugh while you're bleeding.
#backup #dataSovereignty #Apple #bigTech #selfHosting

Hey Folks, I'm running an OPNSense as router in a virtual machine.

In the past I always
- shutdown the VM
- copied the virtual disk to backup
- restarted VM

Atm I'm redoing my whole server automation with Ansible.
Now I thought about just backing up the /config/backup folder with all old configuration XMLs from my OPNSense box, instead of the full virtual disk. 🤔

What do you think?

#Backup #OPNSense #HomeServer #Automation #Ansible

#Hallo Ihr Lieben auf https://lsbt.me ,

Unsere #Instanz wächst und wächst. Gerade hatten wir unser 3-jähriges Jubiläum. Wir haben aktuell 246 trötende #Rüssel hier auf unserer Instanz und das bedeutet, dass unsere Instanz mit eine der erfolgreichen Instanzen im #deutsch sprachigen Raum geworden ist.

Das bedeutet aber auch, dass der Instanz #Server einiges zu leisten hat. Er muss performant bleiben und er muss groß genug sein, um die ganzen #Tröts mit ihren #Medien wie #Bilder und #Videos zu speichern. Auch der #Backup-Server muss entsprechend dimensioniert sein. Das alles kostet viel #Geld im #Monat, das ich vollständig aus der eigenen #Tasche bezahle.

Wenn es Dir hier bei uns also gefällt und Du nicht möchtest, dass diese Instanz irgendwann in der Versenkung verschwindet, wie so viele andere kleine und große Instanzen auch, dann denke doch einmal drüber nach, ob Du mich dabei nicht ein kleines bisschen #unterstützen möchtest.

Spenden kannst du entweder per #Bitcoin, Paypal oder Banküberweisung. Alle Informationen dazu findest du unter #Spendenmöglichkeiten auf der "About" Seite dieser Instanz ganz unten: https://lsbt.me/about#spenden
Am meisten freue ich mich natürlich, wenn Du die Möglichkeit der regelmäßigen #Spende per #PayPal oder #Dauerauftrag nutzen würdest.

Vielen Dank und weiterhin ganz viel Spaß bei uns, wünscht Dir Eure #Admina
Christin

#mastodon #fediverse #stats #statistics #lsbt #lgbt #trans #gay #schwul #lesbian #lesbisch #homo #transsexualität #transsexuell #transgeschlecht #transgeschlechtlich #safeplace #adminpost

@mspro @luca Ja schön blöd. Aber nach 30 Jahren zum ersten Mal draufkommen, dass er sich digital eingesperrt hat und das noch ohne Backup?

Das ist wohl mehr als nur grob naïv. 🤷

Ich hätte eventell Mitleid, wenn es jemand gewesen wäre, der soweit von der Technik entfernt ist, sodass man noch irgendwas herleiten könnte, wodurch es unmöglich gewesen ist, zu erfahren, dass man alles auf eine Karte gesetzt hat.

Aber diese Person hat sehr klar gemacht, als IT Profi beim Risikomanagement als auch beim #Backup komplett versagt zu haben.

Leute, lernt draus und haltet euch von solchen #lockin Situationen wie bei #Apple #Cloud fern oder managed die damit Risiken ordentlich. Glaubt ja nicht nur dem Marketing der Konzerne. Ihr seid denen absolut nichts wert und es fehlen die Prozesse, in solchen Situationen für Aufklärung und Einspruch zu sorgen.

https://karl-voit.at/cloud/

#icloud #PIM #Fanboys #fail