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6 -Backups are primarly done through proxmox backup server taking snapshot of running lxc and vm's. These are stored on mirrored ZFS array and synchronized to both off-site location and cloud storage provider.
7 -
8 8  = Backup Server configuration =
9 9  
10 10  Backup server is setup with:
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22 22  
23 23  There are currently 2 x 8TB WD drives. Current pool status:
24 24  
25 -(((
26 -{{code language="none"}}
27 -kevin@clio:~$ sudo zpool status pergamum
28 -pool: pergamum
29 -state: ONLINE
30 -  scan: scrub repaired 0B in 09:52:23 with 0 errors on Sun Mar 10 10:16:24 2024
22 +{{{kevin@clio:~$ sudo zpool status pergamum
23 + pool: pergamum
24 + state: ONLINE
25 + scan: scrub repaired 0B in 09:52:23 with 0 errors on Sun Mar 10 10:16:24 2024
31 31  config:
32 -        NAME                                            STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
33 -        pergamum                                        ONLINE       0     0     0
34 -          raidz1-0                                      ONLINE       0     0     0
35 -            scsi-0QEMU_QEMU_HARDDISK_drive-scsi2-part1  ONLINE       0     0     0
36 -            sdc1                                        ONLINE       0     0     0
37 -errors: No known data errors
38 -{{/code}}
39 -)))
40 40  
28 + NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
29 + pergamum ONLINE 0 0 0
30 + raidz1-0 ONLINE 0 0 0
31 + scsi-0QEMU_QEMU_HARDDISK_drive-scsi2-part1 ONLINE 0 0 0
32 + sdc1 ONLINE 0 0 0
41 41  
34 +errors: No known data errors}}}
35 +
36 +
42 42  === Creating and expanding zfs pool ===
43 43  
44 -(((
45 -{{code language="none"}}
39 +```
46 46  zpool create pergamum raidz /dev/disk/by-partuuid/9fab17e5-df2d-2448-b5d4-10193c673a6b /dev/disk/by-partuuid/f801ed37-1d6c-ee40-8b85-6bfc49aba0fb -f
47 47  zfs set mountpoint=/mnt/pergamum pergamum
48 48  (zpool import -c /etc/zfs/zpool.cache -aN)
49 49  zpool export pergamum
50 -{{/code}}
51 -)))
44 +```
52 52  
53 53  
54 -(((
55 55  have not tried yet, but adding another set of disks for an additional top-level virtual device to our existing RAID-Z pool:
56 -
57 -{{code language="none"}}
48 +```
58 58  zpool add -n pergamum raidz DISK1 DISK2
59 -{{/code}}
60 -
61 -
50 +```
62 62  ~> NOTE! `-n` is dry run, remove to commit.
63 -)))
64 64  
65 65  
66 66  == Access Control ==
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131 131  
132 132  Tailscale is used to create a network that uses wireguard to transparently between local and remote machines. To not require a third party a local instance of headscale is used as the tailscale login server.
133 133  
134 -{{code language="bash"}}
135 -curl -fsSL https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/ubuntu/focal.noarmor.gpg | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/tailscale-archive-keyring.gpg >/dev/null
136 -curl -fsSL https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/ubuntu/focal.tailscale-keyring.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tailscale.list
122 +Setting up a connection should only require `sudo tailscale up ~-~-login-server https:~/~/TAILSCALE_SUBDOMAIN.schleppe.cloud`.
123 +To view the status: `sudo tailscale status`.
137 137  
138 -sudo apt-get update
139 -sudo apt-get install tailscale
125 += Client Configuration =
140 140  
141 -systemctl status tailscaled.service
142 -sudo tailscale up --login-server SUBDOMAIN.schleppe.cloud
143 -tailscale status
144 -{{/code}}
127 +Configure Backup on the Datacenter or PVE host level in the proxmox web GUI. If a backup storage is already added input the following preferences:
128 +\\{{code language="none" width="100%"}}Selection mode: include selected VMs
129 +Send email to: kevin.midboe+{PVE_HOSTNAME}@gmail.com
130 +Email: On failure only
131 +Mode: Snapshot
132 +Enabled: True
133 +Job Comment: {{guestname}}, {{node}}, {{vmid}}{{/code}}
145 145  
146 -Connect to headscale login server:
135 += Methodology =
147 147  
148 -{{code language="none"}}
149 -$ sudo tailscale up --login-server https://SUBDOMAIN.schleppe.cloud
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150 150  
151 -To authenticate, visit:
139 +== Sub-paragraph ==
152 152  
153 - https://SUBDOMAIN.schleppe.cloud/register/nodekey:fe30125f6dc09b2ac387a3b06c3ebc2678f031d07bd87bb76d91cd1890226c9f
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154 154  
155 -Success.
156 -{{/code}}
143 += Proxmox backup server =
157 157  
158 -View more info in the docs: [[https:~~/~~/earvingad.github.io/posts/headscale/>>https://earvingad.github.io/posts/headscale/]]
145 += =
159 159  
160 -= Jottacloud client =
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161 161  
162 -Cloud backup provider used is jottacloud. They provide a cli to easily add directories to sync to their cloud backup storage.
163 -NOTE! This setup still uses user `kevin` and not the correct jottad user.
149 +== Sub-paragraph ==
164 164  
165 -(((
166 -{{code language="none"}}
167 -# install jotta-cli
168 -sudo curl -fsSL https://repo.jotta.cloud/public.asc -o /usr/share/keyrings/jotta.gpg
169 -echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/jotta.gpg] https://repo.jotta.cloud/debian debian main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jotta-cli.list
170 -sudo apt-get update
171 -sudo apt-get install jotta-cli
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172 172  
173 -# configure runtime environment
174 -sudo useradd -m jottad
175 -sudo usermod -a -G jottad backup
176 -{{/code}}
177 -)))
153 +== Sub-paragraph ==
178 178  
179 -Create systemd file: `/usr/lib/systemd/user/jottad.service ` and enable with :
180 -
181 -(((
182 -
183 -
184 -{{code language="ini" layout="LINENUMBERS" title="/usr/lib/systemd/user/jottad.service"}}
185 -[Unit]
186 -Description=Jotta client daemon
187 -
188 -[Service]
189 -Type=notify
190 -# Group=backup
191 -# UMask=0002
192 -
193 -# EnvironmentFile=-%h/.config/jotta-cli/jotta-cli.env
194 -ExecStart=/usr/bin/jottad stdoutlog datadir %h/.jottad/
195 -Restart=on-failure
196 -
197 -[Install]
198 -WantedBy=default.target
199 -{{/code}}
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200 200  )))
201 201  
202 -== Flaws ==
203 203  
204 -Since proxmox backup server uses chunks for deduplicating data a complete file list is required. This makes it impossible to download a single file representing a VM or LXC, all files must be downloaded and imported into proxmox backup server for reconstruction.
205 -
206 -It also seems like there are a LOT of files shifting - being added and deleted. Making the diff uploaded to jottacloud huge.
207 -
208 -= Client Configuration =
209 -
210 -Configure Backup on the Datacenter or PVE host level in the proxmox web GUI. If a backup storage is already added input the following preferences:
211 -
212 -* selection mode: include selected VMs
213 -* send email to: [[[email protected]>>mailto:[email protected]]]
214 -* email: on failure only
215 -* mode: snapshot
216 -* enabled: true
217 -* job comment: ~{~{guestname}}, ~{~{node}}, ~{~{vmid}}
218 -)))
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