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Tanner Collin
2022-08-07 13:56:34 -06:00
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@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ I have every email since 2010 backed up continuously in case my email provider d
I use `offlineimap` to sync my mail to the directory `~/email` on my media server as a Maildir. Since offlineimap is only a syncing tool, the emails need to be copied elsewhere to be backed up. I run `rdiff-backup` from a weekly cron job:
<span class="aside">I'll explain what backup_check.txt does below</span>
<span class="aside">(I'll explain what backup_check.txt does below)</span>
```
*/15 * * * * offlineimap > /var/log/offlineimap.log 2>&1
@@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ I take weekly backups of the Gitea data folder with cron:
Telegram Messenger is my main app for communication. My parents, most of my friends, and friend groups are on there so I don't want to lose those messages in case Telegram disappears or my account gets banned.
<span class="aside">Saves the messages to a sqlite db</span>
Telegram includes a data export feature, but it can't be automated. Instead I run the deprecated software [telegram-export](https://github.com/expectocode/telegram-export) hourly with cron:
<span class="aside">(Saves the messages to a sqlite db)</span>
```
0 * * * * bash -c 'timeout 50m /home/tanner/opt/telegram-export/env/bin/python -m telegram_export' > /var/log/telegramexport.log 2>&1
```
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ I wrote a Python script `checkbackup.py` that goes through each backup and compa
I rotate through 2.5" 1 TB hard drives each Saturday when I do a backup. They are quite cheap at [$65 CAD](https://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX65194) each so I can have a bunch floating around.
I keep one connected to the server, one in my bag, one offsite, one at my mother's house, and one at my dad's house. Every Saturday I run the script above to take a copy and then swap the drive with the one in my bag. It then gets <span class="aside">I go back home about twice per year</span> swapped when I visit my offsite location. Same for when I visit my parents. This means that all hard drives eventually get rotated through with new data and don't sit too long unpowered.
I keep one connected to the server, one in my bag, one offsite, one at my mother's house, and one at my dad's house. Every Saturday I run the script above to take a copy and then swap the drive with the one in my bag. It then gets swapped when I visit my offsite location. Same for when I visit my parents<span class="aside"> (I go back home about twice per year)</span>. This means that all hard drives eventually get rotated through with new data and don't sit too long unpowered.
The drives are all encrypted with full-disk LUKS encryption using a password I'm unlikely to forget.