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Best Back Up Solution For Multiple Servers

So, I run three VPS and one rack in the closet. Currently I have Duplicati running on all four servers. What I would like to do is have one central server back up all four servers and store the backups in an offsite repository.

I'd prefer something with a good GUI. I know you purist get a hard on thinking about the CLI, and while it is a very powerful aspect of Linux, I still like a GUI.

What are my options?

Side note, I wanted to look at Bacula but their site seems nonexistent. Is Bacula defunct?

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  • I’ve been quite happy with Proxmox Backup Server. I’ve had it running for years and it’s been pretty solid for all my VMs/containers. There’s also a bare metal client, which I’m adding to a couple cloud VPS machines this weekend. We’ll see how that goes.

    Also, since it’s just Debian under the hood, I also use the PBS host as a replication target for my ZFS datasets via sanoid/syncoid.

    • Will Proxmox BackUp server handle remote VPS? I had assumed that it only was for ProxMox VM's.

      Backup Types: Proxmox Backup Server is optimized for backing up Proxmox VMs and containers. If your VPS is running a different virtualization platform, you may need to adapt your backup strategy accordingly.

      That's what AI tells me and then gives a configuration such as:

      Yeah I know it's AI, which may or may not be completely accurate. Would I need to do that for each and every Docker container? I've got some 60 +/- containers. LOL <whine boohoo!>

      That along with the client on the remote VPS would take care of Docker containers, however, I would also like to back up configuration files, and data associated with UFW, F2B, etc. Pretty much a snapshot of each server.

      These lowendbox hosts don't include snapshots and frills and Contabo only lets you keep one snapshot active. I did find an N8N flow that automates the snapshot process for Contabo. I guess I could upgrade to better hosts, but one of the VPS is my skunk works server where I run and test everything before putting it into production...it's like $25 per year. Contabo is decent, and LuxVPS gives me the most bang for buck including all the frills for $10 a month. So, that's about as much fun money I got for the time being.

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