Server Setup Basics for Self Hosting
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Server Setup Basics for Self Hosting
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#2Love seeing devops post on HN.
Wish it included server monitoring as a section.
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#3> You want to use SSH (Secure Shell) and make sure that SSH is the only way to log in.
Some distributions (like openSuSE) also enable KbdInteractiveAuthentication by default so just disabling PasswordAuthentication won't work.
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#4> You want to use SSH (Secure Shell) and make sure that SSH is the only way to log in. Some distributions (like openSuSE) also enable KbdInteractiveAuthentication by default so just disabling PasswordAuthentication won't work.
I'm a bit sceptical of the choice of port 2222 as an alternative. At that point you might as well leave 22, but otherwise it's a good intro. If you're serious about starting post the sections into [insert AI service name] and start asking questions.
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#5> Differential backups back up all the changes since the last full backup (...) An incremental backup backs up data that was changed since the last backup
I'm not sure I understand the distinction?
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#6> Differential backups back up all the changes since the last full backup (...) An incremental backup backs up data that was changed since the last backup I'm not sure I understand the distinction?
They both do delta backups, but incremental bases it's delta on previous backup, while differential between the last full backup.
To restore from an incremental you need the last full backup and all the incrementals inbetween. If you do say a full backup every month, you'd need up to 30 good incremental backup sets to be able to restore.
For the differential you just need the last full backup in addition.
Obviously the differential one might take more and more space, depending on the changes.
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#7> Differential backups back up all the changes since the last full backup (...) An incremental backup backs up data that was changed since the last backup I'm not sure I understand the distinction?
Differential backups are always:
Full Backup -> Differential Backup
Incremental backups are:
Full Backup -> Incremental Backup [-> Incremental Backup ...]
At least that's how it is with Macrium.
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#8> Differential backups back up all the changes since the last full backup (...) An incremental backup backs up data that was changed since the last backup I'm not sure I understand the distinction?
https://rdiff-backup.net/ explains
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#9> Differential backups back up all the changes since the last full backup (...) An incremental backup backs up data that was changed since the last backup I'm not sure I understand the distinction?
With differential backups there's only 2 artifacts, the full and the diff. If you make another differential backup you overwrite the previous diff so it's always the changes since the last full backup.
With incremental it's full backup + inc1 + inc2 +... forever, each backup depends on the previous.
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#10I'd switch to Userify if you have a team to distribute keys for, because it's ultra-lightweight and also keeps you from messing up permissions on the ssh key/directory, which I've done too many times! (also it does sudo which is quite nice)
Also, restarting ssh will not boot you out of the session (your session has already been forked as a different process), so leave your terminal window open (to fix any screwups) and then log in on a separate window on the new port and just make sure you can get in.
For backups, don't set up logins from your main server(s) to your backup server; log in from your backup server to your main server. That way, if someone breaks into your main server, they can't get into your backup server.