Alpine Linux and LXD perfect setup on BTRFS file system
Alpine Linux and lxd are perfect together, especially if combined with a good file system. Let’s see how to install them on a btrfs file system.
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Efficient backup of lxc containers in Proxmox
Lxc containers are fast, small and useful. Proxmox Backup Server is quite slow with them, so here’s how to perform a fast and efficient backup using Borg.
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Docker-ize your Services - Part 3 - docker-compose
docker-compose allows you to define a set of containers in a single file. They will be in their “namespace” and can be linked and tied together.
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Docker-ize your Services - Part 2 - Web Server
We can use docker both for static and dynamic websites. We have a wide choice of images - and we can even create our own.
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Docker-ize your Services - Part 1 - Reverse Proxy - Nginx and Letsencrypt
What I’ll be describing now is another kind of setup, based on two containers, and it will help you to understand some of the features of Docker.
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Docker-ize your services - Part 0 - Introducing Docker
Docker has been a fundamental part of my setup for more than three years now. Day after day I tried to move as many services as possible to Docker and this was a very good move.
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Proxmox Backup Server - hints for a perfect deployment
Proxmox Backup Server (PBS) has been released. It’s still in beta but is already perfectly usable. After many years, it’s now possible to perform incremental backups of the VMs and thanks to the qemu dirty bitmaps, backups are also fast.
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Searching for a perfect backup solution
Many people think that it is enough to ensure that the storage medium is redundant - and you are fine. WRONG!!!!!
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Searching for a perfect backup solution: Borg and Restic
I have already dealt with the problem of performing a correct backup. This time I will give you some insights into how I make backups and how I am able to guarantee a certain level of security.
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Take automatic snapshots of cephfs file systems
Cephfs is great. It can be used to store and share files and can take advantage of the granularity and performance of Ceph. Big amounts of data can be stored and live snapshots can be taken so remote backups can be easily performed.
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