Key Holder With Automatic File Backup

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This project is designed to allow a user to carry their important files with them on their keys. Its powered by an Omega2+ or raspberry pi, and has a USB port to plug in a thumb drive. When a user goes to hang up their keys, they plug in the USB drive. Then the sbc mounts the encrypted container and opens a SSH port. Duplicati (or whatever backup program they use) then backs up changed files to the USB drive. When the user takes their keys, they unplug the USB drive, and take their important files with them.

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Adding status LED's to the raspberry pi case
ThinkLearnDo • 09/11/2022 at 03:26 • 0 comments

Working some more on the raspberry pi version. Added status leds to the case, need to get them hooked up in software to show how things are running.
Adding a Raspberry pi version!
ThinkLearnDo • 06/17/2022 at 16:28 • 0 comments

Putting together a raspberry pi version. Case stl file and setup instructions are on the github page. Still a work in progress. https://github.com/thinklearndo/keychainbackup#raspberry-pi-version
Got Syncthing working on it!
ThinkLearnDo • 05/31/2022 at 17:46 • 0 comments

Someone mentioned that syncthing would be a great piece of software for this, so I managed to get it working by grabbing the mipsle version of syncthing then running upx on it to shrink it down so it would fit on the omega2+'s measly storage space.
Testing out keychain backup, the fun way :)
ThinkLearnDo • 04/29/2022 at 17:45 • 0 comments

Wanted to test it out, so infected myself with ransomware to make sure I could recover from it!

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dearuserhron wrote 09/11/2022 at 21:25

The backup software is a curiosity point for me. How did you make it so it backups only the things that needs to be backed up?

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Kruug wrote 04/13/2022 at 18:18

You shouldn't put that much weight on a USB connector. The ports and the drives are not designed for that type of load.

Possibly install longer cup hooks and move the USB port to the bottom of the hanger to allow you to hang the keys on the hook while also allowing the USB to be plugged in.

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ThinkLearnDo wrote 04/14/2022 at 01:37

Thanks for the feedback! I was wondering if my keys would be too heavy for the USB port... I like the idea of moving the USB port to bottom of the case, that seems like a better way to do it.

Another idea I was thinking of, was using a dongle or cord to attach the USB cord to the keychain. Then I could plug the USB drive into the port and hang the keys off the hook. The hook supports the weight that way. But its kind of annoying, the dongle I tried it with is longer than I like. So I don't think I'll like having that in my pocket with my keys...

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Key Holder With Automatic File Backup

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Adding status LED's to the raspberry pi case

Adding a Raspberry pi version!

Got Syncthing working on it!

Testing out keychain backup, the fun way :)

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