Linux/SimpleBashBackup

default folder structure

/srv
    /backup
           /backupmanager.sh
           /01_daily-jobs
           /02_weekly-jobs
           /03_monthly-jobs
           /templates
           /tmp

    /backup-data
           /01_daily
           /02_weekly
           /03_monthly

example jobs

• each job file needs to be located in one of the job folders (01_daily-jobs, 02_weekly-jobs, 03_monthly-jobs)
• each job file needs to end in .job
• the following variables are passed on from the main script
  • BACKUPDIR -> path where the backupfile should be placed (e.g. /srv/backup-data/01_daily/2016-05-23)
  • FILEDESC -> datecode to be used in the filename
  • TEMPDIR -> can optionally be used for temp files

single folder

weak compression

ARCHIV="$BACKUPDIR/${FILEDESC}_server_srv_www.tar.gz"
tar -c /srv/www | pigz --best > $ARCHIV

strong compression

ARCHIV="$BACKUPDIR/${FILEDESC}_server_srv_www.tar.7z"
tar -c /srv/www | 7z a -m0=lzma2 -mx9 -si $ARCHIV

multiple files/folders

CURDIR=$(pwd)
ARCHIV="$BACKUPDIR/${FILEDESC}_hostname_srv.tar.gz
INCLUDE="--files-from=$CURDIR/backup_srv.include"

tar -c $INCLUDE | pigz --best > $ARCHIV

clean old backups

KEEP="4"
cd $BACKUPDIR
cd ..
ls -r | sed -e 1,${KEEP}d | xargs rm -r

rsync backup files to other server

rsync -avz -e ssh $BACKUPDIR username@hostnameoftarget:/srv/backup-data/targetfolder

mount/unmount samba share

• /root/.smb_cred

username=testuser
password=password1234

• 70_mountcifs.job:

mount -t cifs -o credentials=/root/.smb_cred //sambaserver/sambashare /mnt/localmountpoint

• 71_remotework.job
• 72_remotework.job
• 73_unmountcifs.job:

umount -l /mnt/localmountpoint