My solution for copying backups around the homelab

I have database servers outside the homelab, as in not in my basement. They are in datacenters. I don’t let them push the backups into the basement. Instead, I let them call home asking for the backups to be picked up. I prefer it that way. As I describe it, it may seem complex to do multiple steps when one step will do. However, this solution promises that the backups are ready and you’re not pulling back a half-completed backup.The process is: backup the database call home for pickup the pickup (pull) happens profit In this post: FreeBSD 15.0 rsync-3.4.1 you’ll learn how I use passphrase ssh keys in a secure manner to accomplish backups on hosts and copy them to another r720-02 is the jail host pg01 runs a PostgreSQL instance with databases we will backup dbclone is the destination of the backups – that’s where they are pulled to Some background details For these examples, you might be able to skip over this section. In it, I talk about where the database is, there the backup goes,…