bupper - a bup backup profile manager

Introduction

bupper is a profile manager for bup, the backup utility based on git. It helps you to create backup profiles with pre- and post-backup tasks, excludes, backup destinations and much more.

Installation

• Install bup > 0.25 Ubuntu 14.04 has already this version shipped: apt-get install bup
• Optional: Install sshfs, needed for restoring from remote server
• git clone https://github.com/tobru/bupper.git && cd bupper && ln -s $(pwd)/bin/bupper /usr/local/bin/bupper

Configuration

The configuration is done in /etc/bupper.yml or in the config file you specify with --config <filename>. Example:

---
global:
  log_dir: '/var/log/bupper'
  log_level: 'debug'
profiles:
  profile_local:
    source:
      - '/etc'
    bup_dir: '/var/lib/backup/bup'
    pre_backup_commands:
      - '/usr/local/bin/pre_backup.sh'
    post_backup_commands:
      - '/usr/local/bin/post_backup.sh'
    backup_exclude:
      - 'passwd'
      - 'shadow'
  profile_remote:
    source: '/tmp'
    remote: true
    destination: 'server:/var/lib/backup'

Detailed configuration parameter description

global

• log_dir (string): path where the log will be saved
• log_level (string): choose one of: debug, info, warn, error, fatal, unknown

profiles

The profile name should only contain letters and underscores.

• source (array): source directories for the backup
• bup_dir (string): bup working directory, defaults to /root/.bup
• remote (boolean): is the destination local or remote
• destination (string): destination for remote backups
• backup_exclude (array): exclude directories or files
• pre_backup_commands (array): commands to execute before the backup
• post_backup_commands (array): commands to execute after the backup

Usage

To use bup, you need to initialize a local repository: bup init. If you're using bup_dir in the configuration file to specify the working directory, use BUP_DIR=<dir> bup init The default for bup_dir is /root/.bup

Backup

This runs bup index and bup save and the specified pre- and post-backup scripts (if there are any)

• bupper backup -p <profilename>
• bupper backup -p all

Restore

It just outputs some help text, but does nothing by itself.

• bupper restore -p <profilename>
• bupper restore -p all

Other

• bupper -h: help

Parameter

• -c | --config: Path to the config file (Default: /etc/bupper.yml
• -p | --profile: Name of the profile or all (Default: all)

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014 Tobias BRunner

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Addendum

This project was done by following the Readme Driven Development pattern. It's my first Ruby project, so bear with me for the ugliness.