WholeTech Environment

Complete Disaster Recovery Playbook · Version 1.0 · April 13, 2026

1. Environment Overview

The WholeTech Network: 120 websites on a DigitalOcean droplet, a 14 TB Synology NAS holding 250,000+ original photos, two Beelink mini-PCs running automations, Backblaze B2 for cloud storage, and Claude Code orchestrating everything.

3-Tier Architecture

GOOGLE / EXTERNAL SOURCES
    -> (Takeout, Limitless API, scraping)

HOT SPRINGS BEELINK (Windows 11)
  - Chrome for browser-auth downloads
  - Git Bash + Python 3 for scripts
  - Claude Code for orchestration
  - Persistent mapping to NAS as Z:\
    ->

SYNOLOGY DS1522+ NAS (14 TB)
  - Master archive for everything
  - SMB share as \\HS_DS1522plus\home
  - Mapped to Windows as Z:
    ->

BACKBLAZE B2 (cloud)
  - walhus-photos (public, web serving)
  - walhus-private (encrypted backup)
    ->

DIGITALOCEAN DROPLET (NYC1)
  - 120 websites live
  - Cloud photo grading (Claude API)
  - Password-protected private data viewers
  - Daily nightly backups at 3 AM

2. Hardware

Critical BIOS Settings (Hot Springs Beelink)

• Enter BIOS: Delete or F2 during boot
• Find "Restore on AC Power Loss" -> set to Power On
• Location: Advanced -> Power Management
• Save with F10

Windows Auto-Login

1. Press Windows+R, type netplwiz
2. Uncheck "Users must enter a user name and password"
3. Apply, enter current password twice

Sleep Settings

Settings -> System -> Power & battery -> Sleep: Never

NAS Auto-Restart

DSM -> Control Panel -> Hardware & Power -> check "Restart automatically after a power failure"

3. Accounts and Credentials

Standard Credentials

B2 API Credentials

4. Domain Portfolio

Flagship Domains

• wholetech.com - Network hub, strategy pages
• walhus.com - Personal site
• convcast.com - Tech convention coverage
• austinspring.com - SpringNet heritage, hosts /photos
• firth.com - Family history

DNS Configuration

Every domain needs these A records:

Critical: Delete any GoDaddy parking/forwarding records. Keep only the two A records. SSL handled by Let's Encrypt.

5. Synology NAS Setup

Folder Structure

\\HS_DS1522plus\home\
  photos\                    (final flattened archive)
  google-photos\
    zips\                    (takeout zips, deleted after extraction)
    extracted\               (unpacked during processing)
  google-takeout\
    zips\, extracted\
  digitalocean\              (droplet backups)
    www\, nginx\, letsencrypt\, backups\
  lifelog\                   (Limitless pendant data)
    YYYY-MM-DD\              (weekly folders)
      audio\, by-day\, transcripts.json, _summary.txt
    fetch_limitless.py
  beelink-archive\

Mapping from Windows

net use Z: \\HS_DS1522plus\home /persistent:yes

6. Beelink Setup

ssh-keygen -t ed25519
ssh-copy-id root@143.198.182.180

net use Z: \\HS_DS1522plus\home /persistent:yes

pip install anthropic b2sdk

echo "sk-ant-api03-..." > ~/.anthropic_api_key

7. DigitalOcean Droplet

Software Stack

• nginx - web server
• certbot - Let's Encrypt SSL
• Python 3 - cloud grading, parsers
• crontab - nightly backups, cert renewal

Standard nginx Site Template

server {
    server_name DOMAIN www.DOMAIN;
    root /var/www/DOMAIN;
    index index.html;
    location / { try_files $uri $uri/ =404; }
    listen 443 ssl;
    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/DOMAIN/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/DOMAIN/privkey.pem;
    include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf;
    ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem;
}

Private Pages (Password Protected)

htpasswd -bc /etc/nginx/.htpasswd-private paul testpass1944

location /private/ {
    auth_basic "Private Area";
    auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/.htpasswd-private;
    try_files $uri $uri/ $uri/index.html =404;
}

SSL Setup

certbot --nginx -d DOMAIN -d www.DOMAIN --non-interactive --agree-tos --email walhus@gmail.com

Nightly Backups (droplet crontab)

0 3 * * * cd /root/backups && tar -czf www-$(date +\%Y\%m\%d).tar.gz /var/www/ && ls -t www-*.tar.gz | tail -n +9 | xargs rm -f
0 2 * * * certbot renew --quiet

8. Backblaze B2 Storage

Setup

1. Sign up at backblaze.com, choose B2 Cloud Storage
2. Add credit card (first 10 GB free)
3. Create Application Key: all buckets, read/write
4. Save keyID + applicationKey (shown once only!)

Buckets

Public URL Pattern

https://f000.backblazeb2.com/file/walhus-photos/{path}

Create Bucket via SDK

from b2sdk.v2 import InMemoryAccountInfo, B2Api
info = InMemoryAccountInfo()
api = B2Api(info)
api.authorize_account("production", KEY_ID, APP_KEY)
bucket = api.create_bucket("walhus-photos", "allPublic")

9. Claude Code Installation

Install

1. Download from claude.com/code
2. Sign in with Paul's Anthropic account

Memory System

Persistent notes in C:\Users\walhu\.claude\projects\C--Users-walhu-websites\memory\

• MEMORY.md - index of all memory files
• user_*.md - user preferences
• feedback_*.md - corrections/guidance
• project_*.md - in-progress work context
• reference_*.md - external system references

MCP Connectors

Connected at claude.ai/settings/connectors:

• Gmail: f2146955-a798-40da-80f3-e41ac10482be
• Google Calendar: c279b02f-8049-4292-8c07-89415e696aa1

Scheduled Agents

Managed at claude.ai/code/scheduled. Run in Anthropic cloud, independent of local hardware.

• Takeout Email Monitor: trig_01Ap71eVHgoVVMv7VxvUpPbc (every 4 hours)

10. 120 Websites

Standard Template (in every index.html)

<meta name="google-adsense-account" content="ca-pub-7759195213529699">
<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-MFQ0P2H8G8">
</script>
<script>gtag('config','G-MFQ0P2H8G8');</script>
<script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/
  js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7759195213529699"></script>

WholeTech Back Badge

<a href="https://wholetech.com" style="...">⚡ WholeTech</a>

Standard Subnav

About, Resources, FAQ, News, Videos, Social, Sitemap

11. Photo Pipeline

Scripts

Pipeline Flow

takeout.google.com
  -> Chrome downloads to Z:\google-photos\zips\
  -> auto-pipeline.sh detects completed .zip
  -> unzip to Z:\google-photos\extracted\
  -> upload-to-b2.py pushes to walhus-photos bucket
  -> grade-photos.py grades each photo with Claude
  -> JSON manifest rebuilt with all grades
  -> Gallery HTML injected, deployed to austinspring.com/photos

12. Google Takeout Workflow

Parsers

13. Automated Systems

Windows Task Scheduler

Create task:

$action = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute
  'C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe' -Argument
  '-l -c /c/Users/walhu/websites/sync-droplet-to-nas.sh'
$trigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -Daily -At 4:00AM
$settings = New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -StartWhenAvailable
Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName 'Sync Droplet to NAS'
  -Action $action -Trigger $trigger -Settings $settings
  -User $env:USERNAME -Force

Droplet Crontab

0 3 * * * cd /root/backups && tar -czf www-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /var/www/
0 2 * * * certbot renew --quiet

Limitless Lifelog Fetch

Script on NAS: Z:\lifelog\fetch_limitless.py

API key: ~/.limitless_api_key

Usage: python3 fetch_limitless.py [YYYY-MM-DD]

Claude Code Scheduled Agent

Trigger ID: trig_01Ap71eVHgoVVMv7VxvUpPbc

Every 4 hours. Checks Gmail for Takeout emails. Creates Calendar alert + Gmail draft on detection.

14. All Scripts Reference

15. Full Rebuild Playbook

Phase 1: Foundation (Day 1)

net use Z: \\HS_DS1522plus\home /persistent:yes

Phase 2: Cloud Accounts

pip install anthropic b2sdk  # Beelink
pip3 install --break-system-packages anthropic b2sdk  # Droplet

Phase 3: Restore Websites

apt install -y nginx certbot python3-certbot-nginx

scp -r /z/digitalocean/www/www/* root@DROPLET:/var/www/

scp -r /z/digitalocean/nginx/* root@DROPLET:/etc/nginx/
scp -r /z/digitalocean/letsencrypt/* root@DROPLET:/etc/letsencrypt/

Phase 4: Restore Data

Phase 5: Automation

16. Disaster Recovery

If the Beelink dies

• Websites keep running (on droplet)
• Daily sync stops - no impact for a few days
• Replace Beelink, restore Claude Code memory, remap Z:

If the NAS dies

• Websites keep running
• Photos accessible via B2
• Restore from private B2 backup
• Re-run Takeout for full photo archive

If the droplet dies

• All websites offline
• Create new droplet
• SCP from NAS: /z/digitalocean/www/www/*
• Re-register A records

If everything dies at once

• Google Photos still has the original library (5 TB cloud)
• B2 walhus-private has scripts, grades, lifelog transcripts
• B2 walhus-photos has safe-rated public photos
• GitHub has code (paulwalhus/wholetech-network)
• Follow full rebuild playbook