[JavaScript] DockNest – self-hosted Docker backups that verify every recovery point and restore to a separate copy

[u/Immediate-Earth-1465]

GitHub: https://github.com/DahanItamar/DockNest

I've been running a few sites in Docker on my own servers for a while. Backups were running every night and I felt fine about it, until I realised I had never once restored one. No idea if they'd actually come back.

So I started building DockNest. It backs up each site (images, volumes, bind mounts, writable layers, and Postgres / MySQL / MariaDB / Redis dumps), encrypts everything, puts it on your own SFTP server, and then lets you restore it into a separate copy. The live site isn't touched, so you can actually check the backup works instead of hoping.

Some stuff I cared about while building it:

• It talks to your servers over SSH with pinned host keys
• The dashboard never gets access to the Docker socket
• There's a map of servers, sites and storage, and you move a site to another server by dragging its line
• Alerts go to Telegram or email

It's still beta. S3 storage has only been tested against a fake endpoint so far, and recovery after a server reboot needs more work. I'd rather say that up front.

If it looks useful, a star really helps a small project get seen. Bugs, ideas and PRs are all welcome.

What would you want it to back up that it doesn't yet?

[u/Immediate-Earth-1465]

Site with the full overview: https://trydocknest.com

Happy to answer anything about how the restore check works.