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Proxmox Backup Server

This is going to be a long one. I have spent countless hours setting up my Proxmox VE and the VM’s and LXC containers on it. It occurred to me that it might be wise to have a decent backup solution for this, in case something goes catastrophically wrong. Luckily Proxmox provides a ready-made solution for this and it is called Proxmox Backup Server or PBS for short. This post will go through how I set this up on my system. ...

More Backups Are Always Better

I’ve mentioned before that I have my website’s repository mirrored across multiple Git hosts. Well, it is not just the website; it is all my repositories. I have four hosts, namely: GitHub1, GitLab2, Codeberg3, and Bitbucket4. This is overkill, I know. I really like it, though. It gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling knowing my precious crap is safe. If one host goes down, I’ve got three others. If two go down, there are still two left. And if three go down… well, there’s probably something far more serious going on, but let’s not get distracted. ...