Centralized backup server (with clients)?

johntash@eviltoast.org to Selfhosted@lemmy.world – 21 points –

Does anyone have recommendations for centralized backup servers that use the server/client model?

My backups are relatively simple in that I use rsync to pull everything from remote machines to a single server and then run restic on that server to back them up and also copy that backup to cloud storage.

I've been looking at some other software again like Bacula/Bareos/UrBackup and wondering if anyone's currently using one of them or something like it that they like?

Ideally I'm looking for a more user-friendly polished interface for managing backups across multiple servers and desktops/laptops. I'm testing Bareos now, but it'll probably not work out since the web ui doesn't allow adding new jobs/volumes/etc.

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My vote goes to Kopia.

Added Kopia to my list, thanks! It doesn't look like it has a centralized management console, but that's probably alright if I only use it for desktops/laptops and not servers/vms.

When it's running in server mode it provides a similar UI too when it's a client, except now you can browse the snapshots/policies of each client that uses it.

Not quite full management but yeah, good for home use.