https://blog.nousiainen.xyz/tags/backup/ Recent content in Backup on Panic! At The Terminal Hugo en-us Sat, 19 Jul 2025 21:03:07 +0300 https://blog.nousiainen.xyz/docs/kvm-vm-restore-from-backup/ Fri, 18 Jul 2025 20:00:00 +0300 https://blog.nousiainen.xyz/docs/kvm-vm-restore-from-backup/ <h1 id="how-to-restore-a-broken-kvm-vm-from-backup"> How to Restore a Broken KVM VM from Backup <a class="anchor" href="#how-to-restore-a-broken-kvm-vm-from-backup">#</a> </h1> <p>Sometimes things go wrong with virtual machines — maybe a filesystem corruption or a bad update. When that happens, restoring from a backup is your best friend.</p> <p>Here&rsquo;s how I restored my broken KVM VM disk image using weekly backups stored on a NAS share.</p> <h2 id="the-situation"> The situation <a class="anchor" href="#the-situation">#</a> </h2> <p>I have a VM called <code>runner.home.arpa</code> running on KVM, and its disk got corrupted. The VM disk images live at <code>/var/lib/libvirt/images/</code>, and my backups are stored on a NAS mounted at <code>/mnt/backups/runner.home.arpa/</code>.</p> https://blog.nousiainen.xyz/docs/backing-up-kvm/ Sat, 12 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0300 https://blog.nousiainen.xyz/docs/backing-up-kvm/ <h1 id="automating-kvm-homelab-backups-with-ansible"> Automating KVM Homelab Backups with Ansible <a class="anchor" href="#automating-kvm-homelab-backups-with-ansible">#</a> </h1> <p>When you&rsquo;re running a dozen virtual machines in your homelab, manual backups quickly become a nightmare.</p> <p>In this post, I&rsquo;ll walk you through my Ansible-based backup strategy for my KVM homelab. It automatically backs up all VMs by shutting them down gracefully, copying their disk images and configurations to a NAS, and bringing them back online.</p> <h2 id="backup-strategy"> Backup Strategy <a class="anchor" href="#backup-strategy">#</a> </h2> <p>My backup strategy uses Ansible to orchestrate the entire process:</p>