Hello everyone.
I have been interested in starting to self-host, and I have just been able to set up the first useful thing for myself (apart from a PiHole that I have running).
Since I am very afraid of making security mistakes, I would like to get feedback from you if my setup is secure or not.
The simple use case: I want to be able to back up files from my main computer to a hard disk, without having the hard disk attached to my main computer.
The setup:
- A Raspberry Pi 4 running Raspberry Pi OS Lite (64-bit).
- The Raspberry Pi can only be accessed via
ed25519key. - I configured a firewall on the Raspberry Pi with
ufwto allow only traffic from the local subnet. - I then use
sshfsto mount the hard disk connected with the Raspberry Pi to my main computer. - I plan to use
rsyncto back up my files.
Now I need your help: how secure is this setup? Did I make any major mistake? Is there something I could do better?
I’d be happy to get some feedback… 🙂
hey everyone gotta learns somewhere, and defo don’t expect you’ll ever stop learning on this adventure. That’s part of what makes this hobby fun!
Wow, I just used this tutorial. rsync is amazing, and this actually makes everything so much easier. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!
you’re welcome, glad it worked for your use case.
Rsync is an insane tool when you look at it, half the flags you wouldn’t even know existed unless you were looking for them.