Automated Docker Database Backups on Raspberry Pi: An Orchestration Guide using Backrest, Restic, and Rclone
Running databases on a home lab Raspberry Pi is fine — until the SD card dies and you realize you had no consistent backups. This guide walks through a production-grade backup pipeline using Backrest, Restic, and Rclone, with pre-backup hooks that dump PostgreSQL and MongoDB before the snapshot even starts.