App::sibs - Simple incremental backup system
0.16
sibs create backup from your computer to a destination server, using rsync.
sibs
rsync
Setup
First you need to setup sibs. The setup process will create a SSH key which is uploaded to the destination server. The key is created using ssh-keygen and uploaded using ssh and perl.
setup
destination
ssh-keygen
ssh
perl
In addition, this step will create or update a config file. The default config file is ".sibs.conf" in $HOME, but you can also specify your own path.
Backup
The second step will create the actual backup. This step can be automated in a cronjob, because the key created in the first step will not require any password to log into the remote backup server. Example crontab:
0 */4 * * * /usr/local/bin/sibs backup 2>/dev/null 1>/dev/null
This will create a backup every four hours. The backup will be "full" each time and kept for a month. Even so, it probably won't take up too much space, since all the files are hard linked, meaning an unchanged file will take up the same disk space for each backup.
$ sibs <action> <options> <config file> $ sibs setup $ sibs backup
action: setup
Used to set up the inital config file.
action: backup
Used to take backup.
action: man
Used to see this help text.
options: --verbose, --silent
Adjust log level.
config file: Path to "CONFIG FILE".
The config file is in perl format, and read by perl. This means that any perl code that exists in the file will be evaluated by perl. The return value need to be a hash with the config. Example:
{ format => '%d-%H', # default exclude => [qw( .cache .gvfs Downloads Dropbox Trash )], source => [qw( /home/username )], destination => "rsync://login-username@my.server.com/var/backup/username", }
Defaults:
format: %d-%H
The "format" will name the destination folder. See "FORMAT" in POSIX::strftime::GNU for details.
exclude: .cache, .gvfs, Downloads, Dropbox, Trash
Which files/directories to exclude.
source: $HOME
$HOME
Which directory to backup.
Default exclude may change in future release.
exclude
This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License version 2.0.
Jan Henning Thorsen - jhthorsen@cpan.org
jhthorsen@cpan.org
To install App::sibs, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm App::sibs
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install App::sibs
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.