Remote backup from Trunas Scale to Synology

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I am in the process of setting up a remote backup from my trusty Truenas Scale NAS to a remote Synology NAS at my parent’s place in another country.

I am currently planning to use rsync to this over a wireguard vpn link we have between the 2 sites. Testing this has worked without any errors.

I would like to be able to encrypt the data stored on the remote Synology NAS. I am not sure what solutions exist to achieve something like this. I do not need to use rsync; it is just the first soluton I tested.

Any advise / pointers on software solutions to use?

Thanks

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Hello @tnedor,

welcome to the L1 Forum!
You could consider to encrypt the data, before you transmit it. An encrypted archive for instance.

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If you’re looking to encrypt data stored on the remote Synology NAS, one option is to use Restic, a backup solution that handles encryption automatically. Restic encrypts data client-side before sending it to the backup destination and supports various backends like SFTP. Another option is Duplicity, which also supports encrypted backups and can send data to many types of destinations, including SFTP. Both solutions offer strong encryption and efficiency, making them good alternatives to rsync for securing your backups over the WireGuard VPN link.