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I've used rdiff-backup daily for years, but recently needed to store backups on machines I don't control, so I gave duplicity[1] a try. It encrypts, doesn't nee
by wampus 12y ago
I've used rdiff-backup daily for years, but recently needed to store backups on machines I don't control, so I gave duplicity[1] a try. It encrypts, doesn't need to be installed on the target host and is simple to use if you're already familiar with rdiff-backup and gpg. Test restores were simple, but were all first generation, so not really a good test (but there are hints you'll want to prune backups to one month's worth). I haven't figured out an acceptable way to automate it, so I've been running it manually on an infrequent basis while I evaluate it. Give it a look, if you haven't already.
- zauberpony 12y agoYou could try duply (http://duply.net/ http://duply.net/), a frontend for duplicity. I use duply for unattended, automated backups.
- aroch 12y agoOne of the downsides with duplicity is you have to provide your GPG privkey password in ENV in order for dedupe with GPG encryption to work.
- sciencerobot 12y agoYou don't. You can use gpg-agent with --use-agent. duplicity inc \ --sign-key $PGP_PRIV_ID \ --encrypt_key $PGP_PUB_ID \ --use-agent \ ${source} ${dest}
- aroch 12y agoWhich would require interactive usage or for you to save your passphrase in a system keychain, no?
- mynegation 12y agoThank you for the suggestion! I tried duplicity, but it uses full+differential scheme and I cannot prune old backups unless I start a new chain. 7zip with encryption does not do even that, but I went for it for the simplicity's sake for now, because duplicity did not work well with NTFS volumes.