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Lab Project: Dual backup strategy on Linux with LUKS + rsync snapshots

September 24, 2025September 24, 2025 by Admin

This Lab Project documents a two-track backup system for a workstation or homelab server. It delivers encrypted, space-efficient snapshots of a LUKS-protected data volume alongside independent snapshots of the home directory. Tooling is intentionally boring – LUKS, ext4, rsync, cron – because boring is reliable. Contents Objectives High-level architecture Naming and paths Exclusion policy Backup … Read more

How To Set Up An Automated Home Directory Backup System Using Rsync Hard-Linked Snapshots

September 23, 2025September 23, 2025 by Admin

By Kevin Wells · 23 September 2025 Estimated reading time: 7-10 minutes (25 minutes for a line-by-line script audit). Quick Start Set your paths. Replace <user> and /mnt/backup with your own. Install everything in one go. Paste this into your shell command line as root. It creates the snapshot script, exclude lists, a cron schedule, … Read more