vbackup is a modular program that performs easy system backups. It can be extended by user scripts and can be fully configured to fit a system needs. vbackup can be customized to perform full or incremental backups where they are supported.
vbackups consists of a set of scripts (modules) that handle various aspects of a backup. Currently it supports:
- Filesystem backup using tar
- XFS backup using xfsdump
- PostgreSQL database backup
- MySQL database backup
- Debian package list backup
- RPM database backup
- MBRs, partition, mdadm and LVM information
- OpenLDAP backup
- Encryption with gpg or x509 certificates using openssl
It can store the backups to a local or a remote NFS partition that may be mounted on-demand. It can also use scp to copy files to a remote host.
All of vbackup behaviour can be fully extended and other methods can be easily added. Customized backup steps are also possible using the exec plugin.
A configuration wizard is included to ease first time configuration.
Debian users: vbackup is included in debian. You can install it using:
apt-get install vbackup
Be sure to include a “testing” source in sources.list and run:
apt-get update
Vbackup’s source code can be found at https://github.com/sharhalakis/vbackup
Full vbackup documentation can be found at http://vbackup.readthedocs.org
Sample run
This is the output of a level-5 backup, as it is configured on a production system (partially trimmed).
This backup method:
- Mounts a remote directory with NFS.
- Backups dpkg database.
- Backups various directories using tar.
- Backups all PosgreSQL and MySQL databases.
- Umounts the remote directory.
Here is the output:
Using /etc/vbackup/backup.5 Reading: /etc/vbackup/backup.5/vbackup.conf Mounted /mnt/backup via NFS Storing dpkg selections to /mnt/backup/dpkg//dpkg_selections.091205.gz... done Creating /mnt/backup/fs/091205-5/ (DESTDIR) ---------------------------------------- /etc -> /mnt/backup/fs/091205-5//5.etc.091205.tar.gz Last level 5 backup of /etc: Sat Nov 28 03:20:02 EET 2009 Backup will be based on L0 backup at Sat Jan 10 16:06:54 EET 2009 Done ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- /root -> /mnt/backup/fs/091205-5//5.root.091205.tar.gz Last level 5 backup of /root: Sat Nov 28 03:20:02 EET 2009 Backup will be based on L0 backup at Sat Jan 10 16:06:54 EET 2009 Done ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- /home -> /mnt/backup/fs/091205-5//5.home.091205.tar.gz Last level 5 backup of /home: Sat Nov 28 03:20:02 EET 2009 Backup will be based on L0 backup at Sat Jan 10 16:06:54 EET 2009 Done ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- /var/www -> /mnt/backup/fs/091205-5//5.var.www.091205.tar.gz Last level 5 backup of /var/www: Sat Nov 28 03:20:02 EET 2009 Backup will be based on L0 backup at Sat Jan 10 16:06:54 EET 2009 Done ---------------------------------------- Creating /mnt/backup/pgsql/091205/ (DESTDIR) Dumping: mathitiada to /mnt/backup/pgsql/091205//mathitiada.gz Dumping: netinfo to /mnt/backup/pgsql/091205//netinfo.gz Dumping: netinfo3 to /mnt/backup/pgsql/091205//netinfo3.gz Dumping: netmap to /mnt/backup/pgsql/091205//netmap.gz Dumping: netmap2 to /mnt/backup/pgsql/091205//netmap2.gz Dumping: openser to /mnt/backup/pgsql/091205//openser.gz Dumping: postgres to /mnt/backup/pgsql/091205//postgres.gz Dumping: vpn to /mnt/backup/pgsql/091205//vpn.gz Dumping globals to /mnt/backup/pgsql/091205//globals.gz Creating /mnt/backup/mysql/091205/ (DESTDIR) Dumping: information_schema to /mnt/backup/mysql/091205//information_schema.gz Dumping: mobnuke to /mnt/backup/mysql/091205//mobnuke.gz Dumping: mobphpwebsite to /mnt/backup/mysql/091205//mobphpwebsite.gz Dumping: mysql to /mnt/backup/mysql/091205//mysql.gz Dumping: phpwebsite to /mnt/backup/mysql/091205//phpwebsite.gz Dumping: tikihelp to /mnt/backup/mysql/091205//tikihelp.gz Dumping: wikidb to /mnt/backup/mysql/091205//wikidb.gz Umounted /mnt/backup
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vbackup is distributed under the GPLv3 license
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