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Homelab disaster-recovery runbook (encrypted R2 backups)

Step-by-step instructions, readable from a phone, for getting everything back if the home server dies or email is lost.

built Jun 2026 The server in the closet

how it works

Nightly encrypted (age) off-site backups to Cloudflare R2 via rclone, restore-tested; scenario-based runbook (lost email / one corrupt service / full rebuild); keys deliberately kept out of the synced vault.

Document: A reference or runbook.

The code for this one lives in a private repo. This page explains the idea so you can build your own.

agebackuphomelabobsidianr2runbook

related

  • Mac Mini homelab Document A home server that runs the household's smart-home, AI chat, monitoring and backup services.
  • Homelab scripts and docs Document Operations notes and helper scripts for the home server.
  • Offload heavy/risky reverse engineering to a second machine Technique Run untrusted programs and heavy analysis on the laptop, never on the server holding the passwords.
  • Homelab operations skill AI skill The operating manual an AI uses to run and fix ~30 home-server services.
  • homelab-map (network and service map) Browser tool An interactive diagram of everything in the house network and how the pieces depend on each other.
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