@the_moep @randahl @osma @fuchsiii Granted, that doesn't do #Backups, #Restore, deliver a sound configuration you can expose to the #Internet nor prevents bad actors from hammering your instance...

• Also this shouldn't be a necessity. Most people don't #SelfHost their #eMail, and that is way less complex than #Mastodon...

We may feel comfortable #SelfHosting but 99,99% of the "#Normies" who are so #TechIlliterate they'd only think of #Docker as in LifeInvader "Dock" from GTA5 or think of something else with shipping.

Continuing to #microblog my latest #linux install, let's talk about file backups.

I have a #Synology network attached storage (NAS) appliance.

So to setup backups, I visit the local website that the NAS serves to my network, and log in.

I use two factor authentication to login. In the future of this series, I will specifically call out anything that isn't compatible with Aegis 2FA. I don't use much that cannot work with Aegis, though, and Synology works fine with Aegis.

Logged in, I click the "Synology Drive" link on the pretend desktop it serves, and find 'Get Desktop and Mobile Apps" unfortunately deeply buried in the menus.

My Synology NAS correctly identifies that I need a .deb file, and provides it to download.

If you've been reading along, you'll be unsurprised that I double click it, and enter my Linux password.

After another login and 2FA; and I have a Linux native app backing files from new #Linux PC to my NAS.

For off-site backups, the Synology NAS has nice options to send locally encrypted copies of my backups to a cloud provider of my choice.

https://f-droid.org/packages/com.beemdevelopment.aegis

#linuxmint #backups #aegis #2fa