Runlevel.ch Backup Framework

This is the runlevel.ch backup framework developed by Roland Hansmann

Tested on platform families ''debian'' and ''redhat''

Requirements

• lsb_release
• mailx (bsd version)
• keychain
• rdiff-backup

Installation

Ansible

The easiest way is to use the Ansible role. It will install all necessary dependencies and download the framework from github

$ ansbile-galaxy install rediculum.runlevel_backup

Manual

Clone the github repos

git clone https://github.com/rediculum/runlevel_backup.git

Create the directory

sudo mkdir -p /opt/runlevel_backup

Copy data

sudo cp -r opt/runlevel_backup/* /opt/runlevel_backup
sudo cp -r etc/cron.d/* /etc/cron.d

Generate SSH Keys

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C runlevel_backup -f /opt/runlevel_backup/backup.key -q -N ""

Configuration

Put the public key into root's authorized_keys and specify the command restriction for more security

command="/opt/runlevel_backup/backup_ssh_cmnd.sh",no-agent-forwarding,no-port-forwarding,no-user-rc,no-X11-forwarding,no-pty ssh-ed25519 AAAAXXXXXXXXXXXXXX runlevel_backup

Ansible

Put the private key in to default/main.yml and see the other available vars in the role's default/main.yml if you want to override them

Manual

Edit the file /opt/runlevel_backup/backup.conf and change the variables to fit your needs:

• FOLDERS - Array of folders to backup
• BACKUPSERVER - Targert server for backup
• BACKUPDIR - Target directory on backup server
• PKGLIST - Location of package list
• MYSQLBACKUP - Backup MySQL?
• MYSQLUSER - MySQL user
• MYSQLPASS - MySQL password
• MYSQLBACK - MySQL dump directory
• POSTGRESBACKUP - Backup Postgres?
• PGSQLBACK - Postgres dump directory
• LDAPBACKUP - Backup LDAP?
• LDAPBACK - LDAP dump directory
• LDIFFILE - LDIF file name
• RETENTION - How many backup to keep in months
• EMAIL - Email recipient for notification
• FROM - From address

Edit the cron file /etc/cron.d/runlevel_backup if you want to change the time when a backup is performed

Place the private key in /opt/runlevel_backup/backup.key with perms 400.

License

This project is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 License - see the LICENSE file for details

Authors

• Roland Hansmann - Initial work - Roland Hansmann

See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.