Welcome to part II on Backups! We covered the following in part I: This lesson will cover sending backups offsite, retrieving the backups, and performing additional automation. Begin by switching to the backup user on Machine 1 (Ubuntu Desktop) sudo -i -u bkup Now create a file for your offsite backup script: touch ~/backup.offiste chmod…
You might be thinking “Asher, I’m in cybersecurity. Isn’t it the Sysadmin’s job to handle backups?” Think back to the CIA triad: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability. Backups certainly fall under Availability. You should know how your organization’s data is backed up, so you can protect it. You should also know how the backups themselves work.…