Post by @davidbures@mstdn.social

2026-03-06 20:06 UTC

I’m trying to decide on the “best” backup software for my Fedora Linux server I’ve been using Borg until now, but I can’t get it to do an offsite backup to save my life (I’m trying the rsync-to-Hetzner route and it just can’t connect) I’ve been looking at Duplicati, does anyone have good experience with it? I’m looking for something that is set-it-and-forget-it and the config isn’t an incomprehensible eldrich network of weird YAMLs #SelfHost #selfhosted #SelfHosting

Replies (4)

@DasLampe@chaos.social 2026-03-06 20:10

@davidbures try @restic

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@BoydStephenSmithJr@hachyderm.io 2026-03-07 05:38

@davidbures Restic is what I have running on my desktop and laptop (both Debian). But, it basically replaced rsnapshot, because I needed something with encryption, and it's the first one I tried. So, I can't compare it with Borg or Duplicati

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@johannes_u@troet.cafe 2026-03-08 07:34

@davidbures I‘m quite happy with Kopia right now

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@deepjoy@hachyderm.io 2026-03-08 22:06

@davidbures That Hetzner timeout is almost certainly a port thing. Their storage boxes use port 23 for SFTP, not the standard 22. If your SSH config or Borg remote is pointing at 22 it'll just hang forever. That said if you're already shopping around, restic is great. Way less fiddly than Borg for remote targets, and no weird YAML. Just restic init and restic backup. Done. Although best form of backup is to have some, don't sleep on it.

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