Backup Cookbook

This cookbook automates deploying the backup gem and the configuration of any models you may want. With a little work you can backup everything using this cookbook as the framework.

Requirements

packages

• ruby - ruby is required for the backup gem to be installed. This can be provided either via chef or via other means.
• libxml2-dev
• libxslt1-dev

Resources and Providers

This cookbook provides three resources and corresponding providers.

install.rb

Install or Remove the backup gem with this resource.

Actions:

• install - installs the backup gem
• remove - removes the backup gem

generate_config.rb

Generate a configuration file for the backup gem with this resource.

Actions:

• setup - sets up a basic config.rb for the backup gem
• remove - removes the base directory for the backup gem and everything underneath it.

backup::install

<table>
<tr>
<th>Attribute</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Default</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>version</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>Version of the backup gem to install</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>

backup::generate_config

<table>
<tr>
<th>Attribute</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Default</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>base_dir</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>Path where backup and it's configuration files and models reside</td>
<td><tt>/opt/backup</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>cookbook</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>Cookbook that has the erb template specified in the <code>source</code> to generate config.rb</td>
<td><tt>backup</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>source</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>Filename of the erb template that generates <code>config.rb</code></td>
<td><tt>config.rb.erb</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>tmp_path</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>Directory to store temporary files during backup</td>
<td><tt>/tmp</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>data_path</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>Directory to store Storage Cycler YAML files</td>
<td><tt>/opt/backup/.data</tt></td>
</tr>
</table>

backup::generate_model

<table>
<tr>
<th>Attribute</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Default</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>options</tt></td>
<td>Hash</td>
<td>Specifies the options used in the backup model</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>base_dir</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>Path where backup and it's configuration files and models reside</td>
<td><tt>/opt/backup</tt></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>gem_bin_dir</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>Path where gem binaries, such as backup, reside (e.g. "/usr/local/bin" )</td>
<td><tt>nil</tt></td>
<td></td>
<tr>
<td><tt>split_into_chunks_of</tt></td>
<td>Fixnum</td>
<td>Split the backup archive into multiple smaller files</td>
<td><tt>nil</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>description</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>Description of the backup</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>backup_type</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>What kind of backup? <a href="http://meskyanichi.github.io/backup/v4/archives/">archive</a> or <a href="http://meskyanichi.github.io/backup/v4/databases/">database</a></td>
<td><tt>database</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>database_type</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>Type of Database to backup</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>encrypt_with</tt></td>
<td>Hash</td>
<td>Hash to specify how to <a href="http://meskyanichi.github.io/backup/v4/encryptors/">Encrypt</a> backups</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>compress_with</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>Specify the Compress Methodd (or disable it)</td>
<td>Gzip</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>store_with</tt></td>
<td>Hash</td>
<td>Specify what <a href="https://github.com/meskyanichi/backup/wiki/Storages">storage</a> engines you wish enable.</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>hour</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>What hour to run the backup</td>
<td><tt>1</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>minute</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>How many minutes past the hour to run the backup</td>
<td><tt>0</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>day</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>Day of the week to run the backup</td>
<td><tt></tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>month</tt>
<td>String</td>
<td>Day of the month to run backup</td>
<td><tt></tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>weekday</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>Day of the Week to run backup</td>
<td><tt>*</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>mailto</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>sets the MAILTO variable in the crontab to specify who should get the output of the crontab run</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>tmp_path</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>sets the tmp path for the backup</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>cron_path</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>sets the PATH variable in the crontab to specify who should get the output of the crontab run</td>
<td>/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/chef/embedded/bin</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>cron_log</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>Log file for redirecting the cron job output</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>before_hook</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>Before hook runs ruby code just after 'Backup' logs that the backup has started, before any procedures are performed</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>after_hook</tt></td>
<td>String</td>
<td>After hook runs ruby code just before any Notifiers and is guaranteed to run whether or not the backup process was successful or not</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>notify_by</tt></td>
<td>Hash</td>
<td>Hash object that configures Notifiers</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>

Usage

This cookbook is intended to be a framework to help backup your systems. Some examples below:

MongoDB

backup_install node.name
backup_generate_config node.name
gem_package "fog" do
  version "~> 1.4.0"
end
backup_generate_model "mongodb" do
  description "Our shard"
  backup_type "database"
  database_type "MongoDB"
  split_into_chunks_of 2048
  store_with({"engine" => "S3", "settings" => { "s3.access_key_id" => "example", "s3.secret_access_key" => "sample", "s3.region" => "us-east-1", "s3.bucket" => "sample", "s3.path" => "/", "s3.keep" => 10 } } )
  options({"db.host" => "\"localhost\"", "db.lock" => true})
  mailto "some@example.com"
  cron_path "/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin"
  tmp_path "/mnt/backups"
  cron_log "/var/log/backups.log"
  action :backup
end

PostgreSQL

backup_install node.name
backup_generate_config node.name
gem_package "fog" do
  version "~> 1.4.0"
end
backup_generate_model "pg" do
  description "backup of postgres"
  backup_type "database"
  database_type "PostgreSQL"
  split_into_chunks_of 2048
  store_with({"engine" => "S3", "settings" => { "s3.access_key_id" => "sample", "s3.secret_access_key" => "sample", "s3.region" => "us-east-1", "s3.bucket" => "sample", "s3.path" => "/", "s3.keep" => 10 } } )
  options({"db.name" => "\"postgres\"", "db.username" => "\"postgres\"", "db.password" => "\"somepassword\"", "db.host" => "\"localhost\"" })
  mailto "sample@example.com"
  action :backup
end

Archiving files to S3

backup_install node.name
backup_generate_config node.name
gem_package "fog" do
  version "~> 1.4.0"
end
backup_generate_model "home" do
  description "backup of /home"
  backup_type "archive"
  split_into_chunks_of 250
  store_with({"engine" => "S3", "settings" => { "s3.access_key_id" => "sample", "s3.secret_access_key" => "sample", "s3.region" => "us-east-1", "s3.bucket" => "sample", "s3.path" => "/", "s3.keep" => 10 } } )
  options({"add" => ["/home/","/root/"], "exclude" => ["/home/tmp"], "tar_options" => "-p"})
  mailto "sample@example.com"
  action :backup
end

Notifications

backup_generate_model "archive_attribute_test" do
  description "backup of /etc using additional attributes"
  backup_type "archive"
  split_into_chunks_of 250
  store_with({"engine" => "Local", "settings" => { "local.keep" => 5, "local.path" => "/tmp" } })
  options({"add" => ["/home/","/etc/"], "exclude" => ["/etc/init"], "tar_options" => "-p"})
  mailto "sample@example.com"
  action :backup
  notify_by({"method" => "Campfire", "settings" => {"campfire.on_success" => "true", "campfire.on_warning" => "true", "campfire.on_failure" => "true", "campfire.api_token" => "token", "campfire.subdomain" => "domain", "campfire.room_id" => '34' }})
  gem_bin_dir "/usr/local/bin"
  cron_path "/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/chef/embedded/bin"
  cron_log "/var/log/backups.log"
  tmp_path "/opt/tmp/backups"
end

It is possible to load the settings in an role or an data bag or leave the settings in a recipe.

License and Author

Author:: Scott Likens (scott@likens.us)

Copyright 2014, Scott M. Likens

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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