To create a backup of Website and Source Code of the Whonix Anonymous Operating System, please run the Whonix backup script every now and then.
/usr/bin/whonix-dev-backup
Just run it if you want to support Whonix. The more people have a backup, the less likely it is that Whonix can be purged from the history books.
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which VM do I run it in?
anon-whonix?
addendum:
so I ran it in anon-whonix fwiw , seems to be working ,
maybe i should have run it in a clone of anon-whonix oh well ā¦
PS: it is spitting out a bunch of HTTPConnectionError s fwiw
Looks like this ends up with a new mounted device, that stays always mounted ?
Iām kind of wondering how many gigabytes Iāve signed up here to backup Iām on 332/17570 after 30 minutes already ā¦sigh
PPS:
can I make a new unused copy of anon-whonix?
btw, it wouldnāt be
sudo /usr/bin/whonix-dev-backup
would it ?
as /usr/bin/whonix-dev-backup
does this
W: Failed to fetch http://deb.whonix.org/dists/jessie/main/binary-amd64/Packages Something wicked happened resolving ādeb.whonix.org:httpā (-4 - Non-recoverable failure in name resolution)
No sudo required. The script runs sudo itself.
https://github.com/Whonix/usability-misc/blob/master/usr/bin/whonix-dev-backup
This is a different issue that would also happening when running sudo apt-get update manually. Try again and see https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Update.
OK, after reading this , now I feel I need to start over with sys-whonix, gw and ws , as I donāt recall If Iāve ever say to allow unsigned packages or not, etc
Maybe I should go search and read if that is possible , or just a waste of time , and Iām likely OK
[Redirectingā¦] ā guess that would do it
I noticed when it finally finishes , and I re-run it takes forever again, Iām guessing this is normal, but also guessing it is not necessary, SO, can you suggest how often to re-run the whole hours long ābackupā ?
once/month?
once / week ?
so far it seems to be 1.3 GB in size ?
I guess running the backup in anon-whonix was the answer , ā¦sigh
Of course. whonix-ws is only for updates and software installation. Not for running applications such as Tor Browser or whonix-dev-backup.
Thatās up to you.
Since you can use multiple VMs, I suggest a dedicated one. Then it shouldnāt really matter how long it takes.
yes, well it finishes, and then if I run it again, it goes for hours, so iām curious is it overwriting whatās already there? I just looking for a best practice ?
and an approximate size , etc, I think that is reasonable 
last two days, I am seeing this:
(fyi)
"git://github.com/darkk/redsocks.git"
Retrying 7 requests that failed last timeā¦
Retrying 7 requests that failed last timeā¦
Updating github_adrelanos_anon-apt-sources-list.wiki
fatal: remote error: access denied or repository not exported: /c/nw/ca/82/01/103055609/21161769.wiki.git
error: Could not fetch github_adrelanos_anon-apt-sources-list.wiki
Retrying 7 requests that failed last timeā¦
Updating github_adrelanos_anon-base-files.wiki
fatal: remote error: access denied or repository not exported: /6/nw/6f/fe/89/103055671/21161752.wiki.git
error: Could not fetch github_adrelanos_anon-base-files.wiki
New fork: git://github.com/Whonix/anon-base-files.git
Updating github_Whonix_anon-base-files
Itās not a problem, apart from bad usability and apart form lack of time to explain/document which error is good and which isnāt and how to check integrity of the backup. Perhaps not such a great idea by me to ask non-git, non-developers to do that backup.
yes, perhaps, I should just assume it will eventually fix itself, and Iāll just run it less often, if itās designed to fix itself.
pardon if I may be verbose
Bump.
/usr/bin/whonix-dev-backup
This could use some documentation. Perhaps under Ways to Contribute?
Sorry, had this bookmarked but kept overlooking for some reason. Iāll get it done.
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Done.
https://whonix.org/w/index.php?title=Contribute&oldid=39558&diff=cur
Edit: Just realized, at the bottom of the Contribute page. (Not sure which one should be kept?)
Backup Whonix
Run WhonixBackupScript to create a backup of the Whonix website and source code.