At this point I prefer using restic for my object storage backup needs but since I did a POC for duplicity and specifically using rclone with duplicity I am writing down my notes. A good description of duplicity and restic here: Backing Up Linux to Backblaze B2 with Duplicity and…
Object Storage with Restic and Rclone
I have been playing around with some options to utilize Object Storage for backups. Since I am working on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) I am doing my POC using the OCI Object Storage. OCI object storage does have Swift and S3 Compatibility API’s to interface with. Of course if you…
Bash Date Usage For Naming
I am recording some scripting I used to create backup classification/retention naming. It can be simplified into one function easily but I kept it like this so I can copy and paste easier which function I need. Script is pretty self explanatory but basically it takes today’s date and name…
Tar to Object Storage Using rclone
Sometimes using curl and uploading/downloading with an object storage back end will work just fine but in this case I was looking to tar straight into object storage. One option is using rclone with the rcat command. Some example below. This test was done using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage…
SSH Tunnel Proxy Traffic and Bastion
Sometimes you need to test a protocol and only have SSH access through a bastion host. You can display X back for example firefox or you can route traffic through a SSH tunnel. Here is a couple examples: 1. Display back should be fairly common and I don’t need to…
Amazon Linux 2 Image and LAMP
I recently migrated a LAMP server from Amazon Linux to an Amazon Linux 2 image. Several reasons for why I needed this including it has systemd. More here: https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-2/ High level steps around mysql database, wordpress and static html migration was pretty smooth as I have done this multiple times.…
Rsync Plus SSH Config
Sometimes you need to use settings from the ssh config file or in my case a custom config file. Here is a quick note on how I did it. Example without SSH config just using the key and user@publicIP Example with SSH config
LVM resize root volume
Since this is a root/boot volume we are talking about anything on this page is VERY risky. Be warned this post may provide you with a strategy or hints but you are completely responsible for your system. Of course the best route to extend a root volume in an unmounted…
Borg Backup and Rclone to Object Storage
I recently used Borg for protecting some critical files and jotting down some notes here. Borg exist in many distribution repos so easy to install. When not in a repo they have pre-compiled binaries that can easily be added to your Linux OS. Pick a server to act like your…
Rclone and OCI S3 Interface
I am testing rclone to the Oracle Cloud Interface object storage and recording what worked for me. Note I could not get the swift interface to work with rclone, duplicity or swiftclient yet. Although straightforward curl does work to the swift interface. rclone configuration generated with rclone config Issue with…