AWESOME and informative contant as always. Note: For getting your ID you can type the short command »id« instead of looking at the passwd. Great stuff - Thank you very much!
This is exactly the kind of backup solution that I've been wanting for a long time. Are you able to do a follow up video, showing how to restore files and an image? Thanks
I'm a newbie to creating backups and would like to know if my idea would work using UrBackUp . I have two machines, a windows 10 desktop with (3) three internal nvme ssd drives, a windows 10 Laptop with (2)two nvme internal drives and (2)two nvme external drives. My idea is to use a mini computer running windows 10 or 11, with a large (maybe a 5T ssd) drive for holding backups, the OS(10/11) on a 128GB nvme drive. populate the mini PC with the windows version of Urbackup server, the Desktop and Laptop with the Urackup client version, and do my backup of files from both machines. I'm not interested in the speed of the backup or stuff like that. I just want to be able to backup certain files and folders on a scheduled basis automatically. would my idea work?
Hi, im setting a simple server-client urbackup but eventhought my server recognizes my client everytime i try to do a backup it comes with "Failed backup run" on the server's panel, any clue?
@22:36 - you downloaded the windows client off the internet and not off your docker web interface, does it not offer the client at 192.168.7.51:55414 ? @23:58 - it shows the client before you say "you will move on" Can they make the client ask for the server address? and also allow us to change it when we need to?
Yep, I just wasn't paying attention. Later I did download the client from there as well. In my case the issue turned out to be a VPN that was setting it's own firewall, and wasn't turning it back off after the VPN was disconnected.
Thanks for that, that is new for me. I am now thinking about all the different ways I could do a backup. I have been using Syncthing, also duplicati. Also have samba, NFS, FTP/sftp and nextcloud setup, which could also be used for synchronization. I'm thinking about cloud storage for off site backup. So many options. Bear in mind I run this at home, using docker too.
Cool ! I do about the same thing at home but i would like a off sight but really always just kinda Well i just Dont Trust Any Cloud Service if im not the host..lol. But i Always like to try & talk to like minded folks !
@@bigchew3149 I have the same feeling, even though I work with cloud lol. I know Google cloud gives 300$ to use on their platform, I might use that to save my backup for few years.
Is there a way to stop the broadcasting and/or put some sort of authentication for clients on the URBackup server? It seems ideal for my use case, except for if I get friends or family on to it, and then they come over. I don't want their machines backing up to my server automatically.
I don't think their stuff would just backup automatically. You could have a friend of family member test this with a small folder on their own system first, then have them come over and see if ti backs up to yours somehow.
Hello all, any advice on getting started in IT without going through the help desk? I don't do well communicating on the phone but do just fine in person.
A lot of places start you on the helpdesk because it gives you an opportunity to be exposed to the daily issues, and learn the basics of the location / network, etc. But, if you're looking to avoid that as an IT person, you might think of starting your own business. Setup a home lab, and "create" your own issues, then work through solving them. The troubleshooting process is important for success. That's my 2 cents on it...i'm sure others have thoughts as well.
This is really made for network backup, but I think to use a USB drive you might find other options more useful. Just depends on your goal. Are you using the machine the USB is connected to as a backup point for other machines on the network, or just the one machine?
. I just had me 500GB of my laptop bricked (not working) which had on it more than 1000 web app that took me 18 months of development. I learned the hard way like you said. 😭
Can you tell me what does it mean -x -f -in command to add client backup path command, sudo urbackupclientctl add-backupdir -x -f -d /media/? Thanks. :D
The idea here is to backup the data on a separate device. If you're doing local backups there are tons of great options for that. Check out Kopia github.com/kopia/kopia
Any backup is better than no backup at all. Whenever you make a backup, the absolute most important thing to do, is validate that you can access the data should you ever need to, and that the data appears fine. That said, yes, this would be a great way to backup your data off of your laptop.
Great video. I always learn a lot. Does this offer a way to browse backups other than the latest one? E.g. If you were doing a full system incremental backups every day could you use the web GUI to restore a single file from a week ago (meaning their would have been 7 incremental backups and you only want to restore the single file not the whole drive)? If so I would love to see how that works. Also would be great to see you restore a system since that is the real reason you would want this. Thank you so much for taking the time to make these great videos!!!
I see, in the Backups tab, each machine I am backing up, and if I click on the machine name, it then takes me to a page where each backup is shown with date and time, etc. From there you can take actions. I can continue clicking down into the levels to get to each file in the Downloads folder, then list out the versions of that file that are backed up as well.
I can't get it running with a linux client. The client shows up in the webinterface and I did setup a backup dir. When I try to start a backup, it just never starts. I also tried forcing it over the cli, but there I get an timeout after a certain amount of time. Any idea what could cause this problem?
No, I haven't run into this... but only using it for a couple of Linux clients. so far it's worked well. Are you just running it over the local network, or over the internet?
@@AwesomeOpenSource Over the local network. I did reinstall the client again and then restarted the docker container. Somehow it started the backup now and it seems to work flawless.
Hi Brian.... I noticed early on that you have a type in the yml file you were entering the data directory and you had "dataa" instead of "data" Not sure if you ever fixed it. Normally you point out such things in the editing process....I might have missed it.
I'm sure I fixed it and just cut it out later. I try to be mindful to point out mistakes when I make them, but sometimes I miss them too when I edit a few weeks after recording, that may have happened here, or I may have just missed it.
That I don't know. I don't use Google for anything other than my spam email account these days. I would think you could set the Google Drive folder as the backup location or source if you want to though.
Always good Info to know but I have ben using Next Cloud for years & ownCloud for a while ! I just like NextCloud better IMO but i do have 2 Unraid Servers Running & a FreeNas all Dual Xeons so i play around with a lot of different Dockers & Vm's an docker is so so much easier to set up than any cmd line ! it was a little more challenging to set up on FreeNas jail than in a unraid Docker But The Docker is like 3-4 Clicks & Done ! I use it for a auto/Live back up of my phone/Ipad Data.. wouldnt them be Way Easier for a noob trying to get started ? ?
I've covered NextCloud in the past, but I makea differentiation between a Syncing system, and a backup. A backup keeps historical data with archives of things you may delete from your main system, whereas a syncing service will delete things across systems as you delete them, and so on, thus keeping things in sync. I think NextCloud now has some archive function, but for backups, I prefer a dedicated backup solution. But that's just me. If what you're doing works for you, then definitely keep it up.
Yes, Ididn't need to set it up. If you want to access / setupu the URBackup over the internet, you need to adjust the settings on that tab. I would suggest, however a VPN over just these settings.
@@AwesomeOpenSource Hi & thanks for the quick answer! i tried it without VPN and couldn't get it working it always throwed a broadcast error wich i could not get rid of. after 4 hours i just switch back to my old solution (duplicati) and made it work by switching from SFTP to a S3 compatible storage. now it works like i want it to! (S3 storage locally hosted with minio). Have a great day!
@@AwesomeOpenSource You are right I mean local (ex. I will install it to my laptop and I will create images with it) backup for example windows. but I won't say no for cross platform :)
@@servertech6727 Amanda is one I've seen in the past, and it looks promising. I'll try to do a video on it at some point, but go check it out, as it may suit your needs better.
Always watching your vids. Could you possibly make a vid about some blogging-platform deployed on IIS? Have tried both Bludit and HTMLY bot cant get any of them to work and neither can I find a step-by-step guide for any of them.
@@AwesomeOpenSource also but when you go to managment web page its over http. i access the server by ip address, can we use nginX to make a proxy to local addresses? to show https. Thanks
Sorry it didn't have enough detail. I tend to show you how to install and run, then the basics of usage. After that I want you guys to dig in and discover what else it has to offer. What else would you like to have seen. Perhaps it will help me in the future.
Better to define, describe or give examples of each setting. Reading the setting labels and values is useless to your audience, like me. We can read...
I know you can read, but my videos are already quite long, and not every setting will apply to everyone. I want to leave something for you guys to dig into, and tinker with as well.
AWESOME and informative contant as always.
Note:
For getting your ID you can type the short command »id« instead of looking at the passwd.
Great stuff - Thank you very much!
Great tip! thank you!
Aha! I learned something I did not previously know! Thanks!
There was no good videos regarding this and I didn't have enough time to test it. Thank you for showing if this is a good fit for me or not.
I couldn't find many videos on Urbackup at all...
I'm glad I'm able to help. It's a really cool application set.
You can also use the docker container of a client in your docker-compose files to back up your docker volumes, it's super handy!
Interesting.
Could you give us more details about how to, please?
This is exactly the kind of backup solution that I've been wanting for a long time. Are you able to do a follow up video, showing how to restore files and an image? Thanks
Let me see what I can come up with.
@@AwesomeOpenSource cheers.
I've been looking for a way to backup my homelab, particularly my nextcloud and plex. Thank you for this video!
You are very welcome. URBackup has actually gotten even better since this video, so it's super powerful.
Very useful tool sir.Thanks for existing.
My pleasure.
I'm a newbie to creating backups and would like to know if my idea would work using UrBackUp . I have two machines, a windows 10 desktop with (3) three internal nvme ssd drives, a windows 10 Laptop with (2)two nvme internal drives and (2)two nvme external drives.
My idea is to use a mini computer running windows 10 or 11, with a large (maybe a 5T ssd) drive for holding backups, the OS(10/11) on a 128GB nvme drive.
populate the mini PC with the windows version of Urbackup server, the Desktop and Laptop with the Urackup client version, and do my backup of files from both machines. I'm not interested in the speed of the backup or stuff like that. I just want to be able to backup certain files and folders on a scheduled basis automatically. would my idea work?
It should, that's what it was designed to do exactly.
how to store backup in one drive
I mean I wants to give primary store as One Drive
I have ubuntu system
I don't know. I guess setup the server so the backup volume is within one drive so it will sync.
Hi, im setting a simple server-client urbackup but eventhought my server recognizes my client everytime i try to do a backup it comes with "Failed backup run" on the server's panel, any clue?
No, but there should be logs you can look through to see if there is a message to shed some light on what's happening.
This will be a great solution for my window clients, thanks for showing us. Would be nice if android devices can be backed up as well.
I’ll see what I can find, but don’t think there’s anything for Android in URBackup, but I’ll take a look.
@@AwesomeOpenSource I have searched the Internet but I could not find it, it would be a great adittion. But thanks for sharing your tutorial.
Thanks for such an awesome video. Nice details 🙂
My pleasure 😊
@22:36 - you downloaded the windows client off the internet and not off your docker web interface, does it not offer the client at 192.168.7.51:55414 ?
@23:58 - it shows the client before you say "you will move on"
Can they make the client ask for the server address? and also allow us to change it when we need to?
Yep, I just wasn't paying attention. Later I did download the client from there as well. In my case the issue turned out to be a VPN that was setting it's own firewall, and wasn't turning it back off after the VPN was disconnected.
You can also just do "id brian" from a prompt for that info and its cleaner
Nice, learning something new everyday.
Thanks for that, that is new for me. I am now thinking about all the different ways I could do a backup. I have been using Syncthing, also duplicati. Also have samba, NFS, FTP/sftp and nextcloud setup, which could also be used for synchronization. I'm thinking about cloud storage for off site backup. So many options. Bear in mind I run this at home, using docker too.
You bet. No such thing as too many backups.
Cool ! I do about the same thing at home but i would like a off sight but really always just kinda Well i just Dont Trust Any Cloud Service if im not the host..lol. But i Always like to try & talk to like minded folks !
@@bigchew3149 I have the same feeling, even though I work with cloud lol. I know Google cloud gives 300$ to use on their platform, I might use that to save my backup for few years.
@@bigchew3149 " i just Dont Trust Any Cloud Service if im not the host"
Why not if you can encrypt the backups you upload?
Wow! Thanks a lot. This is just great..it will be the greatest if you can do a tutorial on how to restore those backups as well...
Thanks, I may do one in the future.
@@AwesomeOpenSource Thank You in advance
@@carnby24 You bet
Is there a way to stop the broadcasting and/or put some sort of authentication for clients on the URBackup server?
It seems ideal for my use case, except for if I get friends or family on to it, and then they come over. I don't want their machines backing up to my server automatically.
I don't think their stuff would just backup automatically. You could have a friend of family member test this with a small folder on their own system first, then have them come over and see if ti backs up to yours somehow.
Nice soft but it looks like no longer maintained. Linux clients don't work. Do You know some good alternative?
You might look into Brg Backup and some of it's GUI interfaces.
@@AwesomeOpenSource thanks, I will try. It will be great if You make some video 🙂
Borg Backup is on my list...just an ever growing list.
I learned this hard way 🤧
Indeed, realizing you don't have a backup when you really need it is a nightmare like no other.
Hello all, any advice on getting started in IT without going through the help desk? I don't do well communicating on the phone but do just fine in person.
A lot of places start you on the helpdesk because it gives you an opportunity to be exposed to the daily issues, and learn the basics of the location / network, etc. But, if you're looking to avoid that as an IT person, you might think of starting your own business. Setup a home lab, and "create" your own issues, then work through solving them. The troubleshooting process is important for success. That's my 2 cents on it...i'm sure others have thoughts as well.
If you just backup to a USB drive. How to use this program? Do I just need a client?
This is really made for network backup, but I think to use a USB drive you might find other options more useful. Just depends on your goal. Are you using the machine the USB is connected to as a backup point for other machines on the network, or just the one machine?
is it possible to backup running vms with urbackup?
I'd say no. it's not a snapshotting tool. You could create the snapshot, then backup the snapshot using URBackup.
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I just had me 500GB of my laptop bricked (not working) which had on it more than 1000 web app that took me 18 months of development.
I learned the hard way like you said.
😭
I am super sorry to hear that, it's the worst, I know from experience. Any luck with data recovery options like dd or ddrescue?
Can you tell me what does it mean -x -f -in command to add client backup path command, sudo urbackupclientctl add-backupdir -x -f -d /media/? Thanks. :D
Just do the command 'man urbackupclientctl' in your terminal, and you can read what each option is for.
@@AwesomeOpenSource Thank you, i run command "urbackupclientctl add-backupdir --help" and now i now. :D
hello. i do not have a server :(. Can i have UrBackup server and UrBackup client together to backup my windows PC? Thanks
The idea here is to backup the data on a separate device. If you're doing local backups there are tons of great options for that. Check out Kopia github.com/kopia/kopia
so if my hard drive died, I would be able to recover my all my stuff if I backup with this?
Any backup is better than no backup at all. Whenever you make a backup, the absolute most important thing to do, is validate that you can access the data should you ever need to, and that the data appears fine. That said, yes, this would be a great way to backup your data off of your laptop.
Where are the Windows files/image being backing up to, what path or device?
You set those paths in the configuration for the server. The files are backed up to the server.
In 11:36 there is an error. In volumes, instead of . /dataa, it should be. /data
Thanks, yeah, I missed it originally in the video, but fixed it later for production.
I learned this the hard way😢😢😢
I'm sorry to hear that, but we've all been there my friend.
You have come a long way from the guy that forgot semicolons back in the day!😁
I still hear your voice in the background, “I swear if it’s a semicolon, you are buying dinner!” Hahahaha
Great video. I always learn a lot.
Does this offer a way to browse backups other than the latest one? E.g. If you were doing a full system incremental backups every day could you use the web GUI to restore a single file from a week ago (meaning their would have been 7 incremental backups and you only want to restore the single file not the whole drive)? If so I would love to see how that works. Also would be great to see you restore a system since that is the real reason you would want this.
Thank you so much for taking the time to make these great videos!!!
I see, in the Backups tab, each machine I am backing up, and if I click on the machine name, it then takes me to a page where each backup is shown with date and time, etc. From there you can take actions. I can continue clicking down into the levels to get to each file in the Downloads folder, then list out the versions of that file that are backed up as well.
@@AwesomeOpenSource thank you for checking. I couldn't find any good screen shots of that feature. That is ideal!
I can't get it running with a linux client. The client shows up in the webinterface and I did setup a backup dir. When I try to start a backup, it just never starts. I also tried forcing it over the cli, but there I get an timeout after a certain amount of time. Any idea what could cause this problem?
No, I haven't run into this... but only using it for a couple of Linux clients. so far it's worked well. Are you just running it over the local network, or over the internet?
@@AwesomeOpenSource Over the local network. I did reinstall the client again and then restarted the docker container. Somehow it started the backup now and it seems to work flawless.
Can you backup a headless system? Or does the system need a GUI for the client side?
URBackup uses a CLI set of commands on Linux clients, so if your headless system is a Linux machine, you should be able to set it up with no issues.
Hi Brian.... I noticed early on that you have a type in the yml file you were entering the data directory and you had "dataa" instead of "data" Not sure if you ever fixed it. Normally you point out such things in the editing process....I might have missed it.
I'm sure I fixed it and just cut it out later. I try to be mindful to point out mistakes when I make them, but sometimes I miss them too when I edit a few weeks after recording, that may have happened here, or I may have just missed it.
good video Thanks for sharing it with us😎JP
Glad you enjoyed it
is posible to sync with google drive?
That I don't know. I don't use Google for anything other than my spam email account these days. I would think you could set the Google Drive folder as the backup location or source if you want to though.
you have misspeling at 2:34 in word "physical"
Thanks.
Always good Info to know but I have ben using Next Cloud for years & ownCloud for a while ! I just like NextCloud better IMO but i do have 2 Unraid Servers Running & a FreeNas all Dual Xeons so i play around with a lot of different Dockers & Vm's an docker is so so much easier to set up than any cmd line ! it was a little more challenging to set up on FreeNas jail than in a unraid Docker But The Docker is like 3-4 Clicks & Done ! I use it for a auto/Live back up of my phone/Ipad Data.. wouldnt them be Way Easier for a noob trying to get started ? ?
I've covered NextCloud in the past, but I makea differentiation between a Syncing system, and a backup. A backup keeps historical data with archives of things you may delete from your main system, whereas a syncing service will delete things across systems as you delete them, and so on, thus keeping things in sync. I think NextCloud now has some archive function, but for backups, I prefer a dedicated backup solution. But that's just me. If what you're doing works for you, then definitely keep it up.
Looks good!
It is!
did you succeed for windows client ?
Yes, it works for Windows, MacOS, and Linux.
Do you have a tutorial about elkarbackup, if not please make one
Let me look into it. It looks pretty awesome!
@@AwesomeOpenSource i hope you make some tutorial, thank you
This is confusing.. or am I just not tech savvy enough?
I don't know. What's confusing for you?
Useful video thank you
Hope it helps
Nice and Great as usual , But i have question ?
its only for virtual only ?!
No, you can use it on bare metal, or however you feel like installing it. I just use virtual machines for the simplicity of demo.
@@AwesomeOpenSource
I men its backup any pc physical or vm work on both?
for those who are here to find out more about the settings tab internet: these settings have been skipped, so you can skip this video
Yes, Ididn't need to set it up. If you want to access / setupu the URBackup over the internet, you need to adjust the settings on that tab. I would suggest, however a VPN over just these settings.
@@AwesomeOpenSource Hi & thanks for the quick answer! i tried it without VPN and couldn't get it working it always throwed a broadcast error wich i could not get rid of. after 4 hours i just switch back to my old solution (duplicati) and made it work by switching from SFTP to a S3 compatible storage. now it works like i want it to! (S3 storage locally hosted with minio). Have a great day!
Great video. thanks alot.
I wnat to change Backup storage path to proxmox packup server storage, How?
Let me look into it. Would you mind jumping over to discuss.opensourceisawesome.com and posting this question?
The one in 321 refers to one copy must be located offsite.
Oh. I had always heard it differently, but that is definitely an important rule.
Is there any other opensource backup app for standalone (not network) pc ?
I think you're asking about local backup only? And are you asking for Windows specifically (with PC), or Linux / cross platform?
@@AwesomeOpenSource You are right I mean local (ex. I will install it to my laptop and I will create images with it) backup for example windows. but I won't say no for cross platform :)
@@servertech6727 Amanda is one I've seen in the past, and it looks promising. I'll try to do a video on it at some point, but go check it out, as it may suit your needs better.
@@AwesomeOpenSource I checked amanda but it is also server/client type backup.
Greate Vid! How you thought about creating a Bacula Tutorial?
Thank you, and I'll eventually get to omre great backup options.
Thanks for this interesting video, but is it planed to upgrade your micro? The sound is really bad. Thanks a lot :-)
I’m still working on my audio editing skills. I get a bit too close sometimes, too far others, but I’m working on it.
@@AwesomeOpenSource too close or too far would be compensated by a higher quality microphone
Always watching your vids.
Could you possibly make a vid about some blogging-platform deployed on IIS? Have tried both Bludit and HTMLY bot cant get any of them to work and neither can I find a step-by-step guide for any of them.
I’ll see what I can find. Any reason you want IIS specifically? Will Docker not work for you on Windows?
Hello can you make video how to make SSL for URBackup?
Let me look into it. I'll see what I can do. Is the purpose to run the backup across the open internet?
@@AwesomeOpenSource also but when you go to managment web page its over http. i access the server by ip address, can we use nginX to make a proxy to local addresses? to show https. Thanks
use the command 'id' as the user your logged in as
Super useful, and thank you.
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Has anyone used this to backup DB servers?
I suppose you could if you took a full snapshot.
I'm using Bacula
no ssl in url?
I'm setting it up to only run locally, so no Ssl for me.
@@AwesomeOpenSource no i meant, urbackup website no longer has ssl .. could you confirm ?
@@r3tr0n17 No, when I went to it it is https
Pretty superficial review.
Sorry it didn't have enough detail. I tend to show you how to install and run, then the basics of usage. After that I want you guys to dig in and discover what else it has to offer. What else would you like to have seen. Perhaps it will help me in the future.
You keep pronouncing it... U R Backup... but I think it is ment to be pronounced Your Backup!
It may just very well be “your backup”. Hmmm. I said “you are” because I was reading each capital as a word. Interesting.
Better to define, describe or give examples of each setting. Reading the setting labels and values is useless to your audience, like me. We can read...
I know you can read, but my videos are already quite long, and not every setting will apply to everyone. I want to leave something for you guys to dig into, and tinker with as well.