From b7fa417df46d1b1d7f9714b137ae2cecb15ec08a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neale Pickett Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2023 11:16:17 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add README to sys backup --- homelab/sys-backup/README.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) create mode 100644 homelab/sys-backup/README.md diff --git a/homelab/sys-backup/README.md b/homelab/sys-backup/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..598b278 --- /dev/null +++ b/homelab/sys-backup/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +This one backs up the +[Alpine Local Backup](https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Alpine_local_backup) +to my big storage array. + +My system runs from a RAM disk, +which means whenever it reboots, +it loses any changes I've made. +Alpine Local Backup is a mechanism for stashing these changes away to persistent storage. + +The backups Alpine makes are compressed tarballs. +`tar xzf backup.tar.gz` will restore everything it's saved.