Real Backups Get Tested This is yet another peek into my Terraform+Ansible Infrastructure as Code setup. I mentioned onsite+offsite backups of my (proudly minimally scoped) production server deployments – this article is all about how I restore from offsite backups in case of a genuine disaster that knocks out any onsite block storage. Peace of mind, for me, is knowing my critical data is safe. I’ve made quite a few mistakes over the years hosting and managing my own services – the toughest ones were all data loss.
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Minimal Interop from Terraform to Ansible I have plans to publish more code and maybe eventually write larger posts about this once grinding out and reading a lot of code isn’t my full time priority. Currently I’m focusing most of my efforts on an upcoming project. I’ve taken brushing up on Infrastructure as Code on as a side project in anticipation of needing a “set and forget” backend deployment solution. MVP for this capability is: compute, storage, firewall, VPN admin access, onsite+offsite backups and monitoring.
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