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Backups and howto

This yunohost server is backed up onto two separate drives both of which are on-premise. A number of attempts have been made to perform an off-premise backup but found to be more difficult than it’s actually worth. 

Drive 1 (Drive label: YNHRECOVERY)

This backup uses the built in backup and recovery service provided within yunohost. A simple cronjob is used detailing the time and what is to be backed up. 

Drive 2 (Drive label: DATARECOVERY)

This drive uses the Restic backup / recovery application which is a 3rd party application. Again a Cronjob is used to detail the times and what items are to be backed up.

The difference between the two backups is that the Restic backup is incremental and it saves the last three backups. The yunohost backup is not incremental therefore some administration has to be done to prune the drive as it becomes full.