Backup¶
With Saltbox you can either run a backup task manually or schedule it to run automatically.
Manual Backup¶
Info
This step assumes you have completed the configuration of the backup_config.yml in the configuration step.
sb install backup
This will begin the backup in the active terminal; you will not be able to close the terminal or disconnect from your server while the backup proceeds. If you do so [deliberately or accidentally], the backup will be aborted.
Running the backup in screen will allow you to disconnect the SSH session and let the backup continue, or send it to the background while you are doing other things.
Note
This is a minimal example of using screen; it is not intended to teach you what screen is or how to use it generally.
screen -dmS saltbox-backup sb install backup
The backup is now running in the background.
If you want to get a look at what's going on, this command will bring it to the foreground and show you the ongoing output. [this is assuming you have a single thing running in a single screen; see the note above about not teaching screen generally]
screen -r
To send it to the background again, type:
CTRL A + D
Scheduled Backup¶
Info
This step assumes you have completed the configuration of the backup_config.yml in the configuration step.
sb install set-backup
Open your crontab file for editing:
crontab -e
Then add this line to the file. This example will run the backup every day at 4AM.
0 4 * * * sudo PATH='/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin' env ANSIBLE_CONFIG='/srv/git/saltbox/ansible.cfg' '/usr/local/bin/ansible-playbook' '/srv/git/saltbox/backup.yml' >> '/home/seed/logs/saltbox_backup.log' 2>&1
Note
Remember to edit the seed username if you changed the Saltbox user in the accounts.yml.
Visit crontab.guru for help with the scheduling format.
Save and close the file and the schedule will be applied going forward.