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Improve the remote restore description

Bob Mottram 10 jaren geleden
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 You can then enter the usernames, domains and ssh logins for one or more remote servers. The system will try to backup to these remote locations once per day.
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-* Restore from a friend
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-** With a completely new Freedombone installation
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-This is the ultimate disaster recovery scenario in which you are beginning completely from scratch with new hardware and a new Freedombone installation. It is assumed that the old hardware was destroyed, but that you have the passwords stored within a password manager on a USB thumb drive.
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-First log in and create a new friends list:
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+Very important is to take a copy of the contents of *backup.key*.
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 #+BEGIN_SRC bash
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-ssh username@domainname -p 2222
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-emacs ~/backup.list
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+su
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+cat /etc/ssl/private/backup.key
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 #+END_SRC
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-Add entries like this. The numbers are the ssh port number to log in on.
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+Store it within a password manager on a USB drive which you carry with you. In the worst case scenario you'll be able to restore your system on completely new hardware if you have this key, so long as at least one of your friends servers is accessable via ssh.
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+* Restore from a friend
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+** With a completely new Freedombone installation
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+This is the ultimate disaster recovery scenario in which you are beginning completely from scratch with new hardware and a new Freedombone installation (configured with the same username and domain names). It is assumed that the old hardware was destroyed, but that you have the backup key stored within a password manager on a USB thumb drive.
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+First log in and if you don't already have one then create a new friends list:
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 #+BEGIN_SRC bash
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-username1@frienddomain1:2222//home/username1 ssh_password1
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-username2@frienddomain2:2222//home/username2 ssh_password2
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-...
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+ssh username@domainname -p 2222
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+freedombone-remote
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 #+END_SRC
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-Save and exit with *CTRL-x CTRL-s* then *CTRL-x CTRL-c*.
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+Configure the remote server login details.
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-Now log in as root and edit the restore script.
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+Now log in as root and restore the backup key which you have in your password manager.
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 #+BEGIN_SRC bash
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 su
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-emacs /usr/bin/restorefromfriend
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+editor /etc/ssl/private/backup.key
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 #+END_SRC
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-Recover your backup password from your password manager and set the PASSPHRASE variable accordingly.
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+Paste in the backup key, then save and exit.
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-Save and exit with *CTRL-x CTRL-s* and *CTRL-x CTRL-c*.
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+#+BEGIN_SRC bash
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+chmod 600 /etc/ssl/private/backup.key
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+#+END_SRC
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 Then use the command:
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 <p>
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 You can then enter the usernames, domains and ssh logins for one or more remote servers. The system will try to backup to these remote locations once per day.
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 </p>
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+<p>
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+Very important is to take a copy of the contents of <b>backup.key</b>.
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+</p>
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+<div class="org-src-container">
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+<pre class="src src-bash">su
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+cat /etc/ssl/private/backup.key
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+</pre>
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+</div>
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+<p>
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+Store it within a password manager on a USB drive which you carry with you. In the worst case scenario you'll be able to restore your system on completely new hardware if you have this key, so long as at least one of your friends servers is accessable via ssh.
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+</p>
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 </div>
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 <h3 id="unnumbered-5">With a completely new Freedombone installation</h3>
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 <div class="outline-text-3" id="text-unnumbered-5">
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 <p>
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-This is the ultimate disaster recovery scenario in which you are beginning completely from scratch with new hardware and a new Freedombone installation. It is assumed that the old hardware was destroyed, but that you have the passwords stored within a password manager on a USB thumb drive.
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+This is the ultimate disaster recovery scenario in which you are beginning completely from scratch with new hardware and a new Freedombone installation (configured with the same username and domain names). It is assumed that the old hardware was destroyed, but that you have the backup key stored within a password manager on a USB thumb drive.
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 </p>
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 <p>
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-First log in and create a new friends list:
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+First log in and if you don't already have one then create a new friends list:
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 </p>
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 <div class="org-src-container">
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 <pre class="src src-bash">ssh username@domainname -p 2222
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-emacs ~/backup.list
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-</div>
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-Add entries like this. The numbers are the ssh port number to log in on.
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-<div class="org-src-container">
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-<pre class="src src-bash">username1@frienddomain1:2222//home/username1 ssh_password1
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-username2@frienddomain2:2222//home/username2 ssh_password2
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+freedombone-remote
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 </pre>
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 </div>
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 <p>
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-Save and exit with <b>CTRL-x CTRL-s</b> then <b>CTRL-x CTRL-c</b>.
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+Configure the remote server login details.
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 </p>
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 <p>
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-Now log in as root and edit the restore script.
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+Now log in as root and restore the backup key which you have in your password manager.
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 </p>
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 <div class="org-src-container">
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 <pre class="src src-bash">su
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-emacs /usr/bin/restorefromfriend
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+editor /etc/ssl/private/backup.key
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 </pre>
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 </div>
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 <p>
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-Recover your backup password from your password manager and set the PASSPHRASE variable accordingly.
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+Paste in the backup key, then save and exit.
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 </p>
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-Save and exit with <b>CTRL-x CTRL-s</b> and <b>CTRL-x CTRL-c</b>.
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-</p>
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+<div class="org-src-container">
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+<pre class="src src-bash">chmod 600 /etc/ssl/private/backup.key
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+</pre>
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+</div>
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 <p>
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 Then use the command: