Backup & Recovery Lab

Backup and disaster recovery environment designed to protect critical infrastructure services, application data, and configuration files through automated backups and restoration testing.

Project Overview

This project demonstrates backup and disaster recovery procedures for Linux servers and containerized applications. The lab focuses on protecting application data, configuration files, and system services while validating recovery processes to minimize downtime during failures.

Backup Architecture

Production Services
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      +-- Docker Containers
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      +-- MariaDB Data
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      +-- Application Files
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      +-- Configuration Files
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      v
Acronis Backup
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      v
Backup Storage
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Recovery Testing

Backup Infrastructure

Configured centralized backup policies to protect application data, databases, and infrastructure configurations.

Installed and configured Acronis Backup
Created automated backup schedules
Configured backup retention policies
Monitored backup job status
Verified backup completion and integrity

Backup Plan Config — Automated Backup Schedule

Recovery Testing

Conducted restoration testing to validate backup effectiveness and ensure business continuity during simulated failures.

Performed file restoration tests
Validated Docker configuration recovery
Verified database restoration procedures
Tested application functionality after recovery
Documented recovery procedures