Table of Contents

1. Challenge

   Create a Btrfs Filesystem on One of the Empty Disks, Mount it at `/btrfs`, Create a Data Directory, and Copy `/etc/ssh` into This Directory

   1. Locate the empty disk (it will be the one with no partitions listed):

      lsblk
      

   2. Create the btrfs filesystem on the empty disk from Step 1:

      sudo mkfs.btrfs /dev/nvme0n1
      

   3. Create the btrfs directory:

      sudo mkdir /btrfs
      

   4. Mount the disk:

      sudo mount /dev/nvme0n1 /btrfs
      

   5. Change to the new /btrfs directory:

      cd /btrfs
      

   6. Create the "normal" directory:

      sudo mkdir data
      

   7. Copy the ssh directory to the data directory:

      sudo cp -r /etc/ssh ./data
      

2. Challenge

   Convert the `data` Directory from Normal to Btrfs Subvol, Get Rid of the Original, and Verify with `subvolume list`

   1. From the /btrfs directory, create the subvolume:

      sudo btrfs subvolume create ./data1
      

   2. Copy over the files from /data to /data1 (notice the . after data/):

      sudo cp -r data/. ./data1
      

   3. Remove the original directory:

      sudo rm -rf data
      

   4. Rename the subvolume:

      sudo mv ./data1/ ./data
      

   5. Verify the subvolume:

      sudo btrfs subvolume list .
      

3. Challenge

   Create a Btrfs Snapshot of the `data` Directory Named `data-snap`, touch a regular `file` in `data`, Compare the Snapshot and the Original, Delete `data/ssh/ssh_config`, Verify It Still Exists in the Snapshot, and Restore the Snapshot as Original Director

   1. From the /btrfs directory, create a snapshot of data:

      sudo btrfs subvolume snapshot ./data ./data-snap
      

   2. Touch a file named file in data, and compare ./data to ./data-snap:

      sudo touch data/file 
      ls data
      ls data-snap
      

   3. Remove data/ssh/ssh_config, and compare to see it still exists in data-snap:

      sudo rm data/ssh/ssh_config
      ls data/ssh/ssh_config
      

      The file should not be found.

   4. Now verify it's in the snapshot:

      ls data-snap/ssh/ssh_config
      

   5. Delete data and then restore it from data-snap:

      sudo btrfs subvolume delete data
      
      sudo btrfs subvolume snapshot ./data-snap ./data
      

   6. Verify with subvolume list:

      sudo btrfs subvolume list .
      

   7. Finally, verify the file you had deleted is back:

      ls data/ssh/ssh_config