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A recovery-first homelab is operated around recoverable state, not only a successful first apply. The Basement Kit release provides owner-bound backup and staged restore operations for that workflow.

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Establish the baseline

  1. Apply and verify the Basement Kit.
  2. Confirm that primary data and backup roots are separate.
  3. Configure the CUE-governed Kopia repository.
  4. Create an idempotent snapshot before importing important data.
  5. Restore that snapshot into isolated staging and review the result.

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Keep recovery explicit

  • A staged restore does not replace live volumes.
  • Live activation requires local owner approval and creates a safety snapshot.
  • Interrupted activation has an explicit rollback command bound to its operation ID.
  • Verification after recovery matters as much as snapshot creation.
Use Back up and restore for the exact command sequence. Repeat the exercise after material storage, workload, or release changes.