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9<a href=/index.xml target=_blank class=hob>RSS</a></nav></header><main role=main><article itemtype=http://schema.org/Article><h1 itemtype=headline>Replacing Dropbox in favor of DigitalOcean spaces</h1><p><cap>post</cap>, Jan 24, 2021 on <a href=https://mitjafelicijan.com>Mitja Felicijan's blog</a><div><p>A few months ago I experimented with DigitalOcean spaces as my backup solution
10that could <a href=/digitalocean-spaces-to-sync-between-computers.html>replace Dropbox
11eventually</a>. That solution
12worked quite nicely, and I was amazed how smashing together a couple of existing
13solutions would work this fine.<p>I have been running that solution in the background for a couple of months now
14and kind of forgot about it. But recent developments around deplatforming and
15having us people hostages of technology and big companies speed up my goals to
16become less dependent on
17<a href=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/17/tech/google-antitrust-lawsuit/index.html>Google</a>,
18<a href=https://www.pcworld.com/article/2048680/dropbox-takes-a-peek-at-files.html>Dropbox</a>
19etc and take back some control.<p>I am not a conspiracy theory nut, but to be honest, what these companies are
20doing lately is out of control. It is a matter of principle at this point. I
21have almost completely degoogled my life all the way from ditching Gmail,
22YouTube and most of the services surrounding Google. And I must tell you, I feel
23so good. I haven't felt this way for a long time.<p><strong>Anyways. Let's get to the meat of things.</strong><p>Before you continue you should read my post about <a href=/digitalocean-spaces-to-sync-between-computers.html>syncing to
24Dropbox</a>.<blockquote><p>Also to note, I am using Linux on my machine with Gnome desktop environment.
25This should work on MacOS too. To use this on Windows I suggest using
26<a href=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10>Subsystem for Linux</a>
27or <a href=https://www.cygwin.com/>Cygwin</a>.</blockquote><h2 id=folder-structure>Folder structure</h2><p>I liked structure from Dropbox. One folder where everything is located and
28synced. So, that's why adopted this also for my sync setup.<pre tabindex=0 style=background-color:#fff><code><span style=display:flex><span><span>~</span>/Vault
29</span></span><span style=display:flex><span> <span>↳</span> backup
30</span></span><span style=display:flex><span> <span>↳</span> bin
31</span></span><span style=display:flex><span> <span>↳</span> documents
32</span></span><span style=display:flex><span> <span>↳</span> projects
33</span></span></code></pre><p>All of my code is located in <code>~/Vault/projects</code> folder. And most of the projects
34are Git repositories. I do not use this sync method for backup per see but in
35case I reinstall my machine I can easily recreate all the important folder
36structure with one quick command. No external drives needed that can fail etc.<h2 id=sync-script>Sync script</h2><p>My sync script is located in <code>~/Vault/bin/vault-backup.sh</code><pre tabindex=0 style=background-color:#fff><code><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#00f>#!/bin/bash
37</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#00f></span>
38</span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:green># dconf load /com/gexperts/Tilix/ &lt; tilix.dconf</span>
39</span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:green># 0 2 * * * sh ~/Vault/bin/vault-backup.sh</span>
40</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>
41</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>cd ~/Vault/backup/dotfiles
42</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>
43</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>MACHINE=<span style=color:#00f>$(</span>whoami<span style=color:#00f>)</span>@<span style=color:#00f>$(</span>hostname<span style=color:#00f>)</span>
44</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>mkdir -p $MACHINE
45</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>cd $MACHINE
46</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>
47</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>cp ~/.config/VSCodium/User/settings.json settings.json
48</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>cp ~/.s3cfg s3cfg
49</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>cp ~/.bash_extended bash_extended
50</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>cp ~/.ssh ssh -rf
51</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>
52</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>codium --list-extensions &gt; vscode-extension.txt
53</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>dconf dump /com/gexperts/Tilix/ &gt; tilix.dconf
54</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>
55</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>cd ~/Vault
56</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>s3cmd sync --delete-removed --exclude <span style=color:#a31515>&#39;node_modules/*&#39;</span> --exclude <span style=color:#a31515>&#39;.git/*&#39;</span> --exclude <span style=color:#a31515>&#39;.venv/*&#39;</span> ./ s3://bucket-name/backup/
57</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>
58</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>echo <span style=color:#a31515>`</span>date +<span style=color:#a31515>&#34;%D %T&#34;</span><span style=color:#a31515>`</span> &gt;&gt; ~/.vault.log
59</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>
60</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>notify-send <span style=color:#a31515>\
61</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#a31515></span> -u normal <span style=color:#a31515>\
62</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#a31515></span> -i /usr/share/icons/Adwaita/96x96/status/security-medium-symbolic.symbolic.png <span style=color:#a31515>\
63</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#a31515></span> <span style=color:#a31515>&#34;Vault sync succeded at `date +&#34;</span>%D %T<span style=color:#a31515>&#34;`&#34;</span>
64</span></span></code></pre><p>This script also backups some of the dotfiles I use and sends notification to
65Gnome notification center. It is a straightforward solution. Nothing special
66going on.<blockquote><p>One obvious benefit of this is that I can omit syncing Node's <code>node_modules</code>
67or Python's <code>.venv</code> and <code>.git</code> folders.</blockquote><p>You can use this script in a combination with <a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron>Cron</a>.<pre tabindex=0 style=background-color:#fff><code><span style=display:flex><span>0 2 * * * sh ~/Vault/bin/vault-backup.sh
68</span></span></code></pre><p>When you start syncing your local stuff with a remote server you can review your
69items on DigitalOcean.<figure><img src=/posts/dropbox-sync/dropbox-spaces.png alt="Dropbox Spaces"></figure><p>I have been using this script now for quite some time, and it's working
70flawlessly. I also uninstalled Dropbox and stopped using it completely.<p>All I need to do is write a Bash script that does the reverse and downloads from
71remote server to local folder. This could be another post.</div></article></main><section><hr><h2>Posts from blogs I follow around the net</h2><ul><li><a href=https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/NFSv4ServerLockClients target=_blank rel=noopener>Finding which NFSv4 client owns a lock on a Linux NFS(v4) server</a> — <a href=https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/>Chris's Wiki :: blog</a><div>A while back I wrote an entry about finding which NFS client owns
72a lock on a Linux NFS server, which turned
73out to be specific to NFS v3 (which I really should have seen coming,
74since it involved NLM and lockd). Finding the NFS v4 client that
75owns a lock is, depending on your perspective, either simpl…<li><a href=http://www.landley.net/notes-2023.html#28-10-2023 target=_blank rel=noopener>October 28, 2023</a> — <a href=http://www.landley.net/notes-2023.html>Rob Landley's Blog Thing for 2023</a><div>Oh good grief, two of my least favorite licensing people, Larry Rosen
76and Bradley Kuhn, are interacting on the OSI's license-discuss
77list where the're doing
78bad computer history and insisting that a guy Larry Rosen
79coincidentally interviewed for a book years ago is clearly the origin of
80somethin…<li><a href="http://offbeatpursuit.com:80/blog/?id=25" target=_blank rel=noopener>A fix by any other name</a> — <a href=http://offbeatpursuit.com:80/blog/>WLOG - blog</a><div>tags:
81i2c, plan9
82Another month, another file system.
83Well, if you can’t fix it in software, fix it in hardware (looking at
84you, bme680, we’re not
85done yet). The show must go on, as they say, and I would like my
86experiments to go on.
87So a “new” addition to the environmental sensor family connected to
88the h…<li><a href=https://mirzapandzo.com/next-image-url-parameter-is-valid-but-upstream-response-is-invalid target=_blank rel=noopener>Next/Image "url" parameter is valid but upstream response is invalid</a> — <a href=https://mirzapandzo.com/>Mirza Pandzo's Blog</a><div>Getting "url" parameter is valid but upstream response is invalid error with Next/Image on WSL2<li><a href=https://drewdevault.com/2023/10/13/Going-off-script.html target=_blank rel=noopener>Going off-script</a> — <a href=https://drewdevault.com>Drew DeVault's blog</a><div>There is a phenomenon in society which I find quite bizarre. Upon our entry to
89this mortal coil, we are endowed with self-awareness, agency, and free will.
90Each of the 8 billion members of this human race represents a unique person, a
91unique worldview, and a unique agency. Yet, many of us have the sam…<li><a href=https://szymonkaliski.com/writing/2023-10-02-building-a-diy-pen-plotter/ target=_blank rel=noopener>Building a DIY Pen Plotter</a> — <a href=http://github.com/dylang/node-rss>Szymon Kaliski</a><div>This article documents my learnings from designing and building a DIY Pen Plotter during the summer of 2023.
92My ultimate goal is to build my…<li><a href=https://neil.computer/notes/chart-of-accounts-for-startups-and-saas-companies/ target=_blank rel=noopener>Chart of Accounts for Startups and SaaS Companies</a> — <a href=https://neil.computer/>Neil Panchal</a><div>Accounting is fundamental to starting a business. You need to have a basic understanding of accounting principles and essential bookkeeping. I had to learn it. There was no choice. For filing taxes, your CPA is going to ask you for an Income Statement (also known as P/L statement). If<li><a href=https://journal.valeriansaliou.name/deploy-a-nomad-cluster-on-alpine-linux-with-vultr/ target=_blank rel=noopener>Deploy a Nomad Cluster on Alpine Linux with Vultr</a> — <a href=https://journal.valeriansaliou.name/>Valerian Saliou</a><div>After spending countless hours trying to understand how to deploy my apps on Kubernetes for the first time to host Mirage, an AI API service that I run, I ended up making myself a promise that the next app I work on would be using a more productive & simpler<li><a href=https://jcs.org/2023/10/25/wifi_da target=_blank rel=noopener>BlueSCSI Wi-Fi Desk Accessory 1.0 Released</a> — <a href=https://jcs.org/>joshua stein</a><div>BlueSCSI Wi-Fi Desk Accessory
931.0 has been released:
94wifi_da-1.0.sit
95(StuffIt 3 archive)
96SHA256: ccfc9d27dd5da7412d10cef73b81119a1fec3848e4d1d88ff652a07ffdc6a69aSHA1: ff124972f202ceda6d7fa4788110a67ccda6a13a
97This is the initial public release of my BlueSCSI Wi-Fi Desk Accessory for
98classic MacOS.<li><a href=https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2023-10-25-my-all-flash-zfs-network-storage-build/ target=_blank rel=noopener>My 2023 all-flash ZFS NAS (Network Storage) build</a> — <a href=https://michael.stapelberg.ch/>Michael Stapelbergs Website</a><div>For over 10 years now, I run two self-built NAS (Network Storage) devices which serve media (currently via Jellyfin) and run daily backups of all my PCs and servers.
99In this article, I describe my goals, which hardware I picked for my new build (and why) and how I set it up.
100Design Goals
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