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How do you manage your home server configuration? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by halloween_spookster@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I am working on setting up a home server but I want it to be reproducible if I need to make large changes, switch out hardware, or restore from a failure. What do you use to handle this?

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[–] Seefoo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I use git and commit configs/setup/scripts/etc. to it. I at least have a road map for how to get everything back this way. Testing this can be difficult, but it really depends on what you care about really.

Testing my kopia backups of important data? that I manually test every once n' while.
Testing if my ZFS setup script is 100% identical to my setup? that's not that important, as long as I have a general idea I can figure out the gaps and improve the script for the next time around. Obviously, you can spend a lot more time ensuring scripts and what not stays consistent, but it depends on what you care about!

For a lot of my service config, git has always worked well for me and I can go back to older configs if needed. You can get super specific here and save versions in git, then have something update the versions (e.g. WUD)