gsdu8g9 / server-tools

A repo to store documentation and BASH scripts for setting up a new Hetzner dedicated server

#server-tools

A repo to store my bash scripts and documentation for Hetzner server management.

This repo is not intended as a guide for others to use, but feel free to have a look around. Unless otherwise stated, all code is Public Domain.

Server specs

• Intel ® Core™ i7-4770 Quadcore Haswell incl. Hyper-Threading Technology
• RAM: 32 GB DDR3 RAM
• Hard Drive2 x 2 TB SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 rpm HDD
• Backup space: 100 GB

Goal

128Gb in RAID-1 for host OS (Ubuntu 12.04). LXC with ZFS backend (mirrored pool) for everything else. Container snapshot backups to external FTP server and Amazon S3. Easy snapshot restore.

Process

Let's begin!

1. rescue - Install a fresh OS host on a 125GB parition in RAID-1
2. zfs-lxc-setup - Install zfs and lxc
3. securing-host-os - Secure the host operating system
4. container-management - Create some containers
5. securing-containers - Secure the containers
6. monitoring - Setup monitoring of the host and containers
7. backup - Backup your containers to a mounted FTP drive and amazon s3
8. restore - Restore your archived containers
9. migrate - Migrate your data from another server into your containers