Ansible Archives

I switched to Duplicati for Windows Backups and Restic for Linux Servers

November 29, 2019June 9, 2019 by Benjamin Bryan

So long, CrashPlan! After using it for 5 years, CrashPlan with less than a day notice decided to delete many of my files I had backed up. Once again, the deal got altered. Deleting files with no advanced notice is something I might expect from a totalitarian leader, but it isn’t acceptable for a backup … Read more

Ansible Role Rdiff-Backup Script | World Backup Day

July 25, 2023March 31, 2018 by Benjamin Bryan

Happy World Backup Day! Here’s a quick little Ansible Role I wrote to automate backup configuration for hordes of servers using Rdiff-Backup from an Ansible inventory file. If you have no idea what I just said you may want to skip to “I’m Confused” at the very bottom of this post. What does the Rdiff-Backup … Read more