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hi peeps.

Im early on my selfhosting journey and managed to setup some things as a test in docker. the main service im looking to run is ERPNext. after a while I got it up and running so now I want to back this up including all the customization I did in the app.

where to start with this? any intuitive guide?

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[–] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 7 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

I backup the whole / with borg

It has insane deduplication and compression and it creates a structure kind of like git, so you can have lots of incrimental versions without using much space.

[–] lukecyca@lemmy.ca 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Borg is a solid choice, but over the last couple years I’ve transitioned to Restic which prefer slightly. It seems a lot faster, has better usability/ergonomics, and easier to configure a write-only setup (so your server can write snapshots, but is incapable of deleting and such).

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 2 points 13 hours ago

I've never tried restic.

I'm happy with borg and no real reason to switch.

Just wanted to add that borgmatic is like a configuration manager for borg backup. Still CLI & config file, and just running borg commands on the back end, but adds some nice features like notifications while really simplifying the configuration required.