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# Bash Rsync Backup

A lite Bash script to do backups for many host to many hosts, includind or not theirs databases.

## Features:

 * Unlimited hosts
 * Simple config files
 * Run from Cron or command line
 * Dump and compact MySQL databases
 
## How to use it:

 Change to /opt:
 $ cd /opt
 Clone the repos:
 $ sudo git clone git://github.com/KoshTech/bash_rsync_backup.git
 Create a main script simlink:
 $ sudo ln -s /opt/bash_rsync_backup/bin/rsyncbackup /usr/local/bin/
 Copy base configuration files:
 $ cp -r /opt/bash_rsync_backup/etc/backup.d /etc/
 Create your backup:
 
 Goto into /etc/backup.d and make a copy of the host1* files:
 
 $ cd /etc/backup.d
 $ cp host1 myserver
 $ cp host1_exclude myserver_exclude
 
 Now edit myserver and make your changes:
 
 $ nano myserver
 
 Assume you want to make a 1st backup layer on a secound hard drive on same box,
 make your changes like:
 
 source_host="local" # A hostname here will make a remote backup. 'local' makes 
                     # a local backup. A 1st backup layer on a secound hard 
                     # drive on same box. 
 source_folders="/etc /usr/local /home/ /some/folder" # What we want to backup.
 exclude_from="myserver_exclude" # What we do not want to backup.
 destination_folder="/media/local_backup/" # Where we will put the backup in 
                                           # local or remote.
 destination_host="local" # 'local' makes a local backup. A 1st backup layer on 
                          # a secound hard drive on same box. A hostname here 
                          # will make a remote backup.
 
 Save and exit.
 Now edit and remove unwanted rows of myserver_exclude.
 
 Edit machines-enabled and change from host1 to myserver:
 
 nano machines-enabled
 
 
 Run your backups:
 $ rsyncbackup
 
 

### Old version

 Copy rsyncbackup.sh to /usr/local/bin
 copy host1, host1_exclude and machines-enabled files to /etc/backup.d
 Edit host1 as you needed
 
## Adding more hosts:

 Make a copy of /etc/backup.d/host1 to /etc/backup.d/host2 and adjust all values.
 Add the host2 at end of /etc/backup.d/machines-enabled and save it.
 
## How it works?

 The script looks at /etc/backup.d/machines-enabled to retreive a list of hosts.
 The file /etc/backup.d/host1 contains the settings for backup of host1 machine.
 The file /etc/backup.d/host1_exclude contains a list of files that must be ignored in backup.
 For MySQL backups just put the login and data for root user in /etc/backup.d/host1. If mysql login credentials are present the backup will dump all databases.