Whoo backups... exiting, right? No. But it has to be done. This script helps automating offsite backups and thus more likely that they actually happen.
extshot
is meant to be used as an BACKUP
program invoked by cryptshot. It will copy directories with rotating names (as the ones created by rsnapshot) to a different location using stable names. Local backup directories can be easily copied this way for long-term storage to an external disk that may be moved offsite. This helps to implement the 3-2-1 backup strategy.
- Prepare the external disk like described in this article: https://pig-monkey.com/2012/09/cryptshot-automated-encrypted-backups-rsnapshot/.
- Install
cryptshot
andextshot
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