Automatic Mobile Device Backups?
Automatic Mobile Device Backups?
I'm just diving into self-hosting, and I'd a way to have a constant cloning of my phone in the background, preferably FOSS. Does anything like that exist?
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Syncthing is nice and simple to use on all platforms. I like it.
I use it to synchronize media to my raspberry pi, which then runs restic daily to do the actual backup.
However, you shouldn't use syncthing if you want to delete the files on your phone after they're backed up, because they'll disappear from the server as well. I think you can wrestle syncthing into handling this correctly, but it's not advised as it's not meant for backups.
For that I've been thinking about setting up immich or the like, but for now I have plenty of space on the phone ;)
Yes, you make a good point. I actually use Syncthing in a similar fashion. It synchronizes my files to my NAS and PC, then I have a weekly incremental backup done, this stays on the NAS and also gets uploaded encrypted to a cloud storage.