Backupninja formula

Backupninja allows you to coordinate system backup by dropping a few simple configuration files into /etc/backup.d/. Most programs you might use for making backups don't have their own configuration file format.

Backupninja provides a centralized way to configure and schedule many different backup utilities. It allows for secure, remote, incremental filesytem backup (via rdiff-backup), compressed incremental data, backup system and hardware info, encrypted remote backups (via duplicity), safe backup of MySQL/PostgreSQL databases, subversion or trac repositories, burn CD/DVDs or create ISOs, incremental rsync with hardlinking.

Sample pillars

Backup client with ssh/rsync remote target

backupninja:
  client:
    enabled: true
    target:
      engine: rsync
      host: 10.10.10.208
      user: backupninja

Backup client with s3 remote target

backupninja:
  client:
    enabled: true
    target:
      engine: dup
      url: s3+http://bucket-name/folder-name
      auth:
        awsaccesskeyid: awsaccesskeyid
        awssecretaccesskey: awssecretaccesskey

Backup client with webdav target

backupninja:
  client:
    enabled: true
    target:
      engine: dup
      url: webdavs://backup.cloud.example.com/box.example.com/
      auth:
        gss:
          principal: host/${linux:network:fqdn}
          keytab: /etc/krb5.keytab

Backup server rsync/rdiff

backupninja:
  server:
    enabled: true
    rdiff: true
    key:
      client1.domain.com:
        enabled: true
        key: ssh-key

More information

• https://labs.riseup.net/code/projects/backupninja/wiki/Configuration
• http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/351
• http://duncanlock.net/blog/2013/08/27/comprehensive-linux-backups-with-etckeeper-backupninja/
• https://github.com/riseuplabs/puppet-backupninja
• http://www.ushills.co.uk/2008/02/backup-with-backupninja.html

Documentation and Bugs

To learn how to install and update salt-formulas, consult the documentation available online at:

http://salt-formulas.readthedocs.io/

In the unfortunate event that bugs are discovered, they should be reported to the appropriate issue tracker. Use Github issue tracker for specific salt formula:

https://github.com/salt-formulas/salt-formula-backupninja/issues

For feature requests, bug reports or blueprints affecting entire ecosystem, use Launchpad salt-formulas project:

https://launchpad.net/salt-formulas

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Developers wishing to work on the salt-formulas projects should always base their work on master branch and submit pull request against specific formula.

https://github.com/salt-formulas/salt-formula-backupninja

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