So far on the #RPi I have #Kodi running, currently playing youtube videos, and #PiHole also working perfect. Now, on to #syncthing and #nextcloud... :blobbounce:
@rotawerx I use #Syncthing on a #Pi that sits in some place (not home) behind a firewall, I installed #Tor on it and can SSH to it via a hidden service, very convenient, so now that #RPi got a 2TB external HDD that has to be mounted manually (due to encryption). The #RPi is used for #backup and it works like charm, it is up without a problem for over a month now and keeps some tens of GB now. Really very nice thing. I guess you can also use #Rsync via the hidden service, but that wouldn't be fast. The thing is, this way you can take the Pi to any place, hook it to the LAN there, wait 5 minutes (max) and SSH into it from all over the world. Off-site backup made easy, just drop the Pi at your grandmothers, hook it up to the router and go.
You can also do this without the external HDD and use a 512 GB micro SD.
@Utzer @rotawerx The encrypted external hard drive...
I have the same thing on my #raspberrypi. I tried listing it in /etc/crypttab, but then the boot hung, apparently because I was supposed to input the password but there was no prompt for it. Getting it to boot again was tricky.
Do you have a good idea of how to mount the hard drive when booting?
I think that is tricky, it is always interactive, either during boot or on cli you need to provide the password. I assume you can have the password in a file or use a shell script with the password inside. But that means the password is available to third party in a file.
Mr. Incredible 3 months ago
utzer 3 months ago
Really very nice thing. I guess you can also use #Rsync via the hidden service, but that wouldn't be fast. The thing is, this way you can take the Pi to any place, hook it to the LAN there, wait 5 minutes (max) and SSH into it from all over the world. Off-site backup made easy, just drop the Pi at your grandmothers, hook it up to the router and go.
You can also do this without the external HDD and use a 512 GB micro SD.
M. Grégoire 3 months ago
I have the same thing on my #raspberrypi. I tried listing it in /etc/crypttab, but then the boot hung, apparently because I was supposed to input the password but there was no prompt for it. Getting it to boot again was tricky.
Do you have a good idea of how to mount the hard drive when booting?
utzer 3 months ago