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Back Up Your Linux VPS with Plakar

Install plakar on Debian 12 or Ubuntu 24.04, create an encrypted deduplicated backup store, back up filesystem paths and databases via stdin piping, schedule automated backups, and restore files or full database dumps.

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Docker Volume Backup and Restore on a VPS

Three backup strategies for Docker volumes on a VPS: tar snapshots, database-native dumps, and automated encrypted backups with offen/docker-volume-backup. Includes cron scheduling, off-site S3 copies with rclone, and a full restore test on a fresh server.

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