[plug] Backup of linux computer to cloud VM that can be remoted into in the case of failure?

[Chris Hoy Poy]

Hi Daniel

You could just push an image straight into AWS EC or Google CE, you would
need to plan and test, some drivers would need effort.

It's probably the wrong way to do it though. It's generally bad practice
and you will experience issues, possibly data loss.

Really you only care about the services and the data they require. So you
need to break those services down and synchronise/replicate the required
data sets and configuration to the cloud.

This is the general direction of virtual infrastructure such as docker /
kubenetes, in some cases you can deploy straight to serverless, such as AWS
lambdas or similar services.

Databases are easily copied or synced, in many cases with HA if you need it
replicated faster.

There's not really any perfect method to do this - it depends on your exact
services, and actual requirements. Very much a "how long is your bit of
string", and how much time have you got to maintain that bit of string.

/Chris

On Mon, 24 Oct 2022, 5:51 pm Daniel, <daniel at iinet.net.au> wrote:

> Hi
> Is it possible to setup a Backup of linux computer to cloud VM that can be
> remoted into in the case of failure?
>
> How might this be done?
> What file system setup and which cloud provider might work?
>
> Thank you
>
> Daniel
>
>
>
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