B A C K U P N I N J A

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.

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For debian specific bug reports, see the debian bug report page for backupninja.

Features:

  • easy to read ini style configuration files.
  • you can drop in scripts to handle new types of backups.
  • backup actions can be scheduled
  • you can choose when status report emails are mailed to you (always, on warning, on error, never).
  • console-based wizard (ninjahelper) makes it easy to create backup action configuration files.
  • passwords are never sent via the command line to helper programs.
  • in order to backup a db or sql database, you cannot simply copy database files. backupninja helps you safely export the data to a format which you can backup.
  • works with Linux-Vservers.

Backup types:

  • secure, remote, incremental filesytem backup (via rdiff-backup?). incremental data is compressed. permissions are retained even with an unpriviledged backup user.
  • basic system and hardware info.
  • encrypted remote backups (via duplicity?).
  • safe backup of MySQL databases.
  • safe backup of PostgreSQL databases.
  • safe backup of OpenLDAP databases.
  • safe backup of subversion or trac repositories.
  • burn CD/DVDs or create ISOs.
  • incremental rsync with hardlinking.

Getting Started

  • installation
  • configuration
  • usage
  • handlers

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