Duplicati 2.0 (beta)

Duplicati is a free backup software to store encrypted backups online. It is available for Windows, macOS and Linux. Setup is identical on all operating systems.
Duplicati is a frontend to duplicity, for Linux the alternative DejaDup exists.

Purpose

Duplicati is the backup software of choice for personal backups on self-managed devices. Home and project directories are automatically backupped.

Backup location

• Before you start using Duplicati, make sure you are able to access the lagoon archive.

• Map the network share \\lagoon.ee.ethz.ch\archive\%USERNAME%\backup with your backup directory persistently and save your login credentials. This is a requirement for automatic backups.

• %USERNAME% is your ETH username, use your ETH login credentials to access the share.

Installation

Download the installer for your operating system from duplicati.com/download. Installers' names are similar to the following:

• Windows: duplicati-2.0.5.110_canary_2020-08-10-x64.msi

• macOS: duplicati-2.0.5.110_canary_2020-08-10.dmg

• Debian/Ubuntu: duplicati_2.0.5.110-1_all.deb

• Red Hat/CentOS/SUSE: duplicati-2.0.5.110-2.0.5.110_canary_20200810.noarch.rpm

First run setup

1. Run the installer with default options

2. Go through the first run setup when the internet browser opens and select yes for Multi-user environment

Settings

1. Access to user interface: Activate nothing

2. Update channel: Select Default

3. Usage statistics: Select None/disabled

Add backup

Add a new backup

1. Select Configure a new backup

General backup settings

1. Name: Enter a name describing your backup, i.e. EthUserProfile

2. Encryption: If the backup is stored on ETH servers, select No encryption

Backup destination

1. Storage Type: Select Local folder or drive

2. Folder path: Enter \\lagoon.ee.ethz.ch\archive\%USERNAME%\backup\Duplicati\%COMPUTERNAME%

3. Replace %USERNAME% with your ETH user name

4. Replace %COMPUTERNAME% with the name of the computer you're using

Source data

• Select Home and all other directories you want to backup

Schedule

1. Check Automatically run backups

2. Next time: Select a time you're computer is running, you're logged in and preferrably not working, like lunchtime.

General options

• Remote volume size: Set to at least 1 GByte

• Backup retention: Set to Keep all backups

Advanced options

We recommend to activate the logging option.

1. Open Add advanced option

2. Under Core options select the entry log-file

3. In the new field log-file enter :\users\%USRNAME%\appdata\local\Duplicati\Duplicati-log.txt

4. Replace %USERNAME% with your ETH user name

Restore from a backup

• Select the Restore menu

• Select the backup name you want to restore from and klick on Next.
  Do not use Direct restore from backup files... as this will not show shares you haven't connected to before starting the Duplicati2 Web gui.

• Choose the backup set you want to restore from by its date in the pop-up menu Restore from

• Select the directories/files you want to restore and klick on Continue

• Select a destination for the restored files and klick on Restore

Important notes

If you decided to select an encryption method and set a password, keep in mind your backups will be irretrievable if you loose this password!

Never delete your backup configuration after the first backup started running. Deletinc a configuration deletes the database keeping track of files in backup archives makes restoring files very difficult. If you want to delete a backup configuration which contains backups, export it first!

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