backup-utils

A collection of rotate-style backup utilities:

• backup-dir.sh: backup a snapshot of a directory
• backup-db.sh: backup a snapshot of a MySQL/PostgreSQL database

The generated logs (from all scripts) are directed to syslog under LOCAL0 facility.

Examples

Add a daily cronjob to backup parts of this site. Create /etc/cron.daily/backup as:

#!/bin/bash

export BACKUP_ROOT=/var/local/backups

~root/bin/backup-dir.sh -s /etc -s /var/www -b ${HOSTNAME}/files

~root/bin/backup-db.sh -b ${HOSTNAME}/databases

Add a cronjob to fire after daily backups have been created (e.g 1h after the time cron.daily is scanned). Create /etc/cron.d/exp-latest-backup as:

# A crontab fragment to export latest backups 

25 7   * * *   root    /root/bin/exp-latest-backup.sh