Homelab Maintenance Board for Nextcloud Deck
as a normal Nextcloud Deck board.

{
  "schema": "deckloud-template-v1",
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "slug": "homelab-maintenance-nextcloud-deck",
  "locale": "en",
  "title": "Homelab Maintenance Board for Nextcloud Deck",
  "description": "A maintenance rhythm for a self-hosted server: backups you have actually restored, security updates, and ageing hardware.",
  "category": "software",
  "tags": [
    "self-hosted",
    "homelab",
    "maintenance"
  ],
  "quickCreateStackKey": "backlog",
  "compatibility": {
    "requiresBoardCreate": true,
    "includesAttachments": false,
    "includesComments": false
  },
  "board": {
    "title": "Homelab Maintenance",
    "color": "0F766E"
  },
  "labels": [
    {
      "key": "backup",
      "title": "Backup",
      "color": "10B981"
    },
    {
      "key": "security",
      "title": "Security",
      "color": "EF4444"
    },
    {
      "key": "hardware",
      "title": "Hardware",
      "color": "64748B"
    },
    {
      "key": "upgrade",
      "title": "Upgrade",
      "color": "3B82F6"
    }
  ],
  "stacks": [
    {
      "key": "backlog",
      "title": "Backlog",
      "order": 1
    },
    {
      "key": "this-month",
      "title": "This Month",
      "order": 2
    },
    {
      "key": "doing",
      "title": "Doing",
      "order": 3
    },
    {
      "key": "verify",
      "title": "Verify",
      "order": 4
    },
    {
      "key": "done",
      "title": "Done",
      "order": 5
    }
  ],
  "cards": [
    {
      "stack": "this-month",
      "title": "Restore from backup, do not just check it ran",
      "description": "A backup job that reports success is not a backup until you have restored from it.\n\n- [ ] Pick one service and restore it somewhere isolated\n- [ ] Confirm the restored data is complete, not just present\n- [ ] Time how long the restore took\n- [ ] Write down the step you had forgotten",
      "labels": [
        "backup"
      ],
      "dueOffsetDays": 30
    },
    {
      "stack": "this-month",
      "title": "Apply security updates on a schedule",
      "description": "Unattended upgrades still need someone to read what changed and reboot when required.\n\n- [ ] Review pending updates before applying them\n- [ ] Apply to the least important host first\n- [ ] Reboot if the kernel or runtime changed\n- [ ] Check every service came back up",
      "labels": [
        "security"
      ],
      "dueOffsetDays": 7
    },
    {
      "stack": "backlog",
      "title": "Track hardware that is near end of life",
      "description": "Disks and batteries fail on a schedule you can predict. Replace them before they surprise you.",
      "labels": [
        "hardware"
      ]
    },
    {
      "stack": "doing",
      "title": "Upgrade one service at a time",
      "description": "Two upgrades at once means you cannot tell which one broke the thing that broke.",
      "labels": [
        "upgrade"
      ]
    },
    {
      "stack": "verify",
      "title": "Check the service after every change",
      "description": "The change is not finished until you have used the service the way your household does.\n\n- [ ] Log in as a normal user, not as admin\n- [ ] Check the logs for new errors\n- [ ] Confirm the backup job still runs after the change",
      "labels": [
        "upgrade"
      ]
    },
    {
      "stack": "done",
      "title": "Write down what you changed",
      "description": "Future you will not remember why that setting is unusual. Leave a note on the card.",
      "labels": [
        "hardware"
      ]
    }
  ]
}