How do you deal with backing up the data/“disaster” recovery? (I out disaster in quotes because we’re talking a about home servers so not mission critical data but still pretty annoying to lose.
The most important, and neglected, part of backup & restore, is the restore. If resources permit, this is where I like to use a battle tested solution instead of rolling my own with scripts. For my self hosted servers I use Veeam, but there are many good alternatives.
It's nice having the option to restore the entire VM to a specific state, and to also be able to mount backups and pull files if only a few need to be restored. It's also handy to be able to spin up a backup into its own virtual machine.
What if your server is already compromised? Doesn't that approach ensure your server remains compromised after you pressed the big undo button?
The HC2 is discontinued now, but the HC4 looks like a nice, current option. https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-hc4-oled/ Maybe I should get one of these to take to my daughter's place.