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Offsite Backup and Replication with Plakar

Replicate plakar snapshots to a remote server over HTTPS or to S3-compatible object storage. Automate backups and offsite sync with plakar built-in scheduler running as a systemd service on Debian 12 or Ubuntu 24.04.

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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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