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Options in backing up persistent docker volumes?

Use bind mounts instead of docker volumes. Then you just have normal directories to back up, the same as you would anything else.

In general, it's not a problem to back up files while the container is running. The exception to this is databases. To have reliable database backups, you need to stop the container (or quiesce/pause the database if it supports it) before backing up the raw database files (including SQLite).

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[Question] FTP vs SFTP (SSH)?

Personally, I always use rsync for these sorts of jobs. Works over SSH so don't need anything on the server except SSH, if the trasfer gets interrupted it will resume from where it left of. Overhead from SSH is pretty minimal, but if you really want thigns to go as fast as possible, you can setup an rsync server ...

If you don't want to use rsync, just use SFTP or SCP.

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I believe I've been hacked, I can't log in.

If you've actually been hacked you want to get your data off to another computer and then wipe the hacked server. You can try and run a rootkit to see if it can detect any signs of being hacked.

Before using any files from the serer, check them carefully for virus and trojans.

If you just locked yourself out of the server by mistake, boot into single-user mode and reset your password.

Either way, unplug the network cable until you figure out if you've been hacked or not.

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Are there any disadvantages to self-hosting only incoming email?

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The standard is to retry for 5 days before bouncing emails as undeliverable (and send a warning message that the email hasn't yet been delivered after 4 hours). However, every server can configure it to be whatever they want, so there's no guarantee.

You can't just use any old provider as a secondary mx, you need a server which is configured to accept mail for your domain but not try and deliver it locally. It's pretty simple to set up. The biggest issue is that you need the same spam protections on the secondary as on the primary, as spammers will send directly to the secondary to try and bypass spam protections.

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Recommend link bookmarking service

I've been using Linkding for about six months and really like it. Simple, lightweight, uses SQLite. There's an official Firefox/Chrome plugin to make bookmarking links easy. And my favourite is the linkding-injector plugin. If you use the injector than everytime you search on Google/DuckDuckGo you get a sidebar which shows search results from Linkding. Surprising how often past me is trying to help out future me!

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