1 version 0.9.5 -- unreleased
3 . Added first draft of method to aggregate reports from many servers into
4 one email. Requires logtail, rsync, configuration of reporthost,
5 reportdirectory and reportuser in backupninja.conf. Configure cron to
6 run once a day, and individual backupninjas not to report by email their
7 status, then enjoy one email report from all hosts, rather than multiple
9 . Fixed checks on configuration files permissions, since the patch
10 applied to fix #370396 broke this, especially for configuration files
11 created with permissions 000 by an older ninjahelper version.
12 . Enhanced portability for other platforms
13 . Fixed Trac#11 (quoting needed to prevent shell expansion, broke the
14 toint function sometimes)
15 . Fixed reportspace option (Trac#10)
18 . Support duplicity >= 0.4.3 invocation syntax (--ssh-command option
19 is not supported anymore)
21 . Fixed shell command quoting issues, missing 'then' clauses, cleaned up
22 compress=yes to be less redundant and not create empty uncompressed
23 file (Closes: #394935)
25 . Fixed case where odd combination of configuration options caused sqldump
26 backups to get overwritten with an empty file (Closes: #402679)
28 . Support configuring PGSQLUSER for real, and document it a bit; this
29 broken support actually prevented pgsql handler to work for VServers
32 . Added cstream support to allow for bandwidth limiting
33 . Handle "keep = yes" to disable old backups removal (Closes: #424633)
34 . Ignore rdiff-backup minor versions (thanks Sami Haahtinen)
36 . Fixed typo in rub handler that caused it to not work
37 . Changed to use lib/vserver code
39 . Fixed integer comparison (Closes: Trac#3)
41 . Fixed typo breaking things for VServers.
42 . Fix bug when vrootdir is on its own partition (Closes: #395928)
43 . Better sfdisk error and output handling: should now properly warn
44 when it does not manage to backup a partition table, and shut up when
45 it succeeds (Closes: #396632)
46 . Added option to not use sfdisk at all, useful for vserver/xen instances
47 that produce warnings about no harddisks found (Closes: #404071)
48 . Fixed example in example.sys to detail the __star__ in partitionsfile and
49 note why its necessary (Closes: #409192)
50 . Force C locale for sfdisk to ensure english words are found in grep
51 fixed 'make install' bug that failed if /etc/backup.d already existed
52 changed spaces to tabs in Makefile.am
53 updated examples/Makefile.am and handlers/Makefile.am to include rsnap/rub
54 files (Closes: #440554)
57 version 0.9.4 -- October 6th, 2006
59 . Fixed bug in toint(), and thus isnow(), which caused it
60 to not work when run from cron.
61 . Recursively ignore subdirs in /etc/backup.d (Closes: #361102)
62 . Add admingroup option to configuration to allow a group that can
63 read/write configurations (instead of only allowing root). Checks
64 and complains about group-readable files only when the group differs
65 from the one in the configuration file (default is root as before).
66 Thanks to Martin Krafft for the patch (Closes: #370396).
67 . When determining which backup actions to make, find now follows
68 symlinks for $configdirectory
69 . Changed order of -s to mail for compatibility
70 . fixed permission stat call so it uses the --format supported by
71 coreutils (Closes: #382747)
72 . Added disk space report option (thanks Adam Kosmin)
77 . rotated rsync snapshops
78 . code from paulv@bikkel.org
80 . alternative to rsnap
81 . code from rhatto@riseup.net
83 . Fixed improper use of $vuserhome (Closes: #351083)
84 . Fixed erroneous removal of tmpfile when it didn't exit
85 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
86 . Fixed su quote usage to be more posixy
87 . Compress for sqldumps now happens in-line to save some disk space (Closes: #370778)
88 . Fixed --defaults-file now as --defaults-extra-file (thanks rhatto)
90 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
91 . Fixed su quote usage to be more posixy
92 . Fixed shell expansion, thanks Thomas Kotzian (Closes: #363297)
93 . postgres user UID is now the one from inside the vserver if necessary
94 . Compress now happens in-line to save some disk space (Closes: #370778)
95 . $PGSQLUSER is used instead of hardcoding user 'postgres' (although this is the default)
97 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
99 . Symlink and globbing support in include/exclude/vsinclude
100 clarification: globbing is fully supported again, whereas no attempt
101 is done to dereference symlinks anymore, due to incompatibilities
102 between various readlink versions in this field.
103 . Removed overzealous vsnames check
104 . Now works if testconnect=no and if $test is not defined.
105 . add $sshoptions config parameter in [dest] section of config so
106 connections to ports other than 22 can be made by adding the
107 following to the top of the handler config:
108 options = --remote-schema 'ssh -p REMOTE-PORT -C %s rdiff-backup
111 . Symlink and globbing support in include/exclude/vsinclude
112 clarification: globbing is fully supported again, whereas no attempt
113 is done to dereference symlinks anymore, due to incompatibilities
114 between various readlink versions in this field.
115 . Removed over zealous vsnames check
116 . Does not pretend anymore that duplicity can work without
118 . Support duplicity 0.4.2 (with Debian patches applied; upstream's
119 0.4.3 will integrate them); documented how to write sftp-compatible
120 sshoptions (Closes: #388543)
121 . Now forbid to (try to) include /.
123 . Many more system checks were added, (thanks to Petr Klíma)
124 . Added warning if no devices were found (thanks Ranier Zocholl)
125 . Enhanced debian package selections to include purged packages (thanks
127 . Removed warning about vserver not running (thanks anarcat)
129 . Compress now happens in-line to save some disk space (Closes: #370778)
131 . Added nicelevel option (thanks rhatto)
133 . fixed problem when src was set to the trac repo directly (Closes: #382737)
136 . init_vservers: fixed Debian bug #351083 (improper readlink syntax)
137 . found_vservers: escaped special grep repetition character +
138 . forced mktemp to use a template with a name to be more compatible with
139 different versions of mktemp, thanks anarcat
141 . Recursively ignore subdirs in /etc/backup.d (Closes: #361102)
142 . Fix configdirectory error that forced you to use /etc/backup.d, thanks anarcat
143 . When determining which backup actions to list, find now follows
144 symlinks for $configdirectory
145 . Stop checking helpers perms: both "make install" and distros packages
146 install them with appropriate permissions, it's overzealous to check
147 this at runtime, and is more complicated to do with current
150 . Fix: signing was enabled with symmetric encryption.
151 changed cron permissions to 644
152 changed /etc/backup.d permissions to 0770 (for admingroup)
153 minor documentation fixes
154 improved RPM build process allowing 'make rpm-package' and 'make
155 srpm-package' targets, also fixes permissions on man directories,
156 cleans up RPM-related files during distclean, and adds default
157 EDITOR for "autogen.sh -f" if none is set. (thanks Robert Napier)
159 version 0.9.3 -- February 1st, 2006
163 . added (commented out) the various default paths to
164 programs such as PGSQLDUMP, so that users can figure
165 out more easily they can customize them
167 . now uses vservers lib to initialize vservers support
169 duplicity, mysql, pgsql, rdiff, svn, sys: start to use (at different
170 degrees) new lib/vserver functionality
172 . fixed no user defaults file processing
174 . fixed (again...) globbing in include and exclude options (Debian bug
175 #348022, follow-up to #338796)
176 . warn if vsnames or vsinclude is enabled while vservers support is
177 disabled in backupninja.conf
178 . now works when multiple vservers names are given (separated by space)
179 in vsnames config variable
181 . fixed globbing bug in include, exclude and vsinclude options
182 . it's now possible to choose exactly which vservers should be
183 backed-up, as it already was with duplicity handler, with the
184 "vsnames" configuration setting
187 . fixed errors in create remote dir
188 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
189 . fixed bug which caused only first include/exclude dir to
191 . fixed globbing bug with exclude
193 . now reports error if the helper script has a syntax error or bombs out.
194 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
197 . init_vservers: improved VROOTDIR detection
198 . init_vservers: test in a stricter way the real vservers availability
199 . init_vservers: canonicalize VROOTDIR (since duplicity et al.
200 don't follow symlinks)
201 . init_vservers: warn if vservers are enabled but no vserver is found
202 . new function: vservers_exist
205 . formDisplay does not return exit status.
207 version 0.9.2 -- December 29, 2005
209 fixed broken toint() which caused when "everyday" problems
210 backupninja.conf.5 updated to include "when" and "vservers"
212 . moved to lib/ some code that has to be shared between
213 backupninja and ninjahelper
216 . mkdir subdirectory problem fixed
218 . globbing support fixed in include and exclude options
219 . different signing and encrypting key support added
220 . fixed erroneous comments in example.dup about the way
221 GnuPG-related options are used
223 . handler vserver bugs fixed and debug output enhanced
224 ninjahelper(s) changes
225 vserver-related functions added to lib/vservers.in
226 added man/ninjahelper.1 man page
228 . was missing in Makefile.am/.in
230 . used to expand '*' in default source directories
231 . the "Cancel" buttons used to have a weird behaviour
232 . updated to include Vserver selection
234 . forbid the user to choose an empty database set
235 . "Cancel" button now does what it is meant to do
237 . enhanced for vserver support
238 . now able to select databases and dump directory
240 . new handler added (with Vserver support)
242 version 0.9.1 -- November 05 2005
243 rearranged source so that it is relocatable with autotools
244 (thanks to Petr Klíma petr.klima@madeta-group.cz)
245 fixed many bugs in rdiff helper
246 rdiff handler does not require 'label' (for real this time?)
247 added makecd ninjahelper
248 (thanks to Stefani stefani@riseup.net)
249 made ninjahelper create files with mode 600 rather than 000
250 changed subversion handler to use svnadmin hotcopy instead of
251 the unsupported hot-copy.py script, which was moved in Debian
252 update rdiff ninjahelper
253 now detects and auto-install rdiff-backup on the remote
254 machine if possible, also tests the remote backup directory
255 and offers to create it if it doesn't exist
257 version 0.9 -- October 19 2005
258 *** IMPORTANT CHANGE, UPGRADE AT ONCE ***
259 fixed insecure temporary file creation
260 *****************************************
261 removed erroneous magic file marker in pgsql handler
262 fixed incorrect find positional
263 changed direct grep of /etc/passwd to getent passwd.
264 rdiff helper has much better information on failed ssh attempt
265 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
266 rdiff handler now supports remote source and local dest.
267 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
268 man pages are greatly improved.
270 version 0.8 -- September 15 2005
271 added pgsql (PostgreSQL) handler, with vservers support.
272 added vservers support to duplicity handler
273 Note: the configuration is a bit different than the rdiff
274 handler's one, but the default behavior is the same:
275 have a look at example.dup.
277 documented .disabled method.
278 corrected VROOTDIR default value.
279 added ninjahelper to the install instructions.
280 improved rdiff, dup and sys handlers' vservers support
281 prevent vserver-debiantools' $VROOTDIR/ARCHIVES directory
282 to be seen as a vserver
283 changes to sys handler
284 make use of configurable $VSERVERINFO instead of hard-coded vserver-info.
285 fixed dpkg existence test inside vserver.
287 changes to pgsql handler
288 now checks if the specified vserver is running.
289 now checks if $PGSQLDUMP/$PGSQLDUMPALL are available where needed.
290 now checks if "postgres" user exists on the host/vserver.
291 changes to ninjahelper
292 check_perms() does not die anymore on group/world readable
293 helper scripts (now consistent with the "helper scripts
294 must not be group or world writable!" error msg).
295 xedit action now tries $EDITOR, then /etc/alternatives/editor,
296 then nano, vim and vi, and aborts if none of these exists.
297 added helper for pgsql handler.
298 rdiff handler now does not require 'label'
299 changes to mysql and svn handlers' vservers support
300 these handlers now check if the source vserver is running
301 added 'ignores' for mysql handler. (thanks Daniel.Bonniot@inria.fr)
303 version 0.7 -- July 26 2005
304 added ninjahelper: a dialog based wizard for creating backupninja configs.
305 considerably improved and changed the log file output.
306 you can now disable actions with .disabled (this is new preferred method).
307 added makecd handler and example.makecd for backing up to cd/dvd (thanks stef).
308 fixed bug when specifying multiple 'when' options.
310 version 0.6 -- June 16 2005
311 ldap handler has new options: backup method to use (ldapsearch or
312 slapcat), restart, passwordfile and binddn. Default backup method
313 is set to ldapsearch as this is safer
314 ******************************************************************
315 NOTE: to get the previous default behavior with the ldap handler,
316 you must set "method = slapcat". The new default is ldapsearch.
317 ******************************************************************
318 implemented fix so that the main script will echo fatal errors rather
319 than being silent about them, this means an error message every hour
320 if there is a major configuration problem (not a handler problem)
321 added vserver support to main script and to the handlers: mysql, svn, sys, rdiff
322 changes to duplicity handler (thanks intrigeri!):
323 "keep = yes" now disables file cleaning on desthost
324 added "sign" option for backups signing
325 added "encryptkey" option to specify the gpg key to use
326 split config into [source], [gpg] and [dest] sections
327 added "nicelevel" option
328 added "testconnect" option
329 added "sshoptions" option (will be passed to ssh/scp)
330 added "bandwidthlimit" option
331 example.dup example config file for duplicity handler
332 added trac (http://trac.edgewall.com/) environment handler (thanks Charles Lepple!)
333 added configfile option to mysql handler
334 the default is /etc/mysql/debian.cnf. with this,
335 sqldump doesn't need dbusername. (hotcopy still does).
336 fixed bug in mysql handler which caused some passwords to not work.
337 (.my.cnf files now have double quotes around password)
338 can now pass options to hwinfo and sfdisk in sys handler.
340 version 0.5 -- April 12 2005
341 rdiff handler works when remote sshd has a banner
342 rdiff handler supports local dest
343 logfile is created if it doesn't exist
344 added "when = hourly"
345 added optional 'nicelevel' to rdiff handler
346 fixed bug where actions were not run in numeric order.
347 improved 'when' parsing.
349 version 0.4.4 -- March 18 2005
350 results of handlers are now read line by line.
351 changes to rdiff handler: added "options", and "keep" is
352 not necessarily days now (ie, it will pass straight through to
353 rdiff-backup if the keep has a unit on it, otherwise it adds the 'D').
354 added dup handler (still pretty beta)
355 added maildir handler (very specialized handler)
356 added --run option (runs the specified action file)
357 improved sys handler, now uses hwinfo
358 added subversion hotbackup handler, svn.
359 added PATH to cron.d file, which fixes file not found errors.
361 version 0.4.2 -- Jan 6 2005
362 fixed bug which caused a report email to be sent even if no actions were run.
363 fixed bug where multiple handler status messages were ignored
364 added status in the subject line of report emails
366 version 0.4.1 -- Jan 3 2005
367 added $usecolors and now more conservative about when colors are echoed.
368 fixed major bug, 'when' actually works now.
369 replaced debug function with debug, info, warning, error, fatal.
370 added --now option to force all actions to be performed now.
372 version 0.4 -- Dec 26 2004
373 added "when" option, so that all configs can specify when
375 added reportsuccess and reportwarning config options
376 added .sys handler (hardware, packages, partitions).
378 version 0.3.4 -- Dec 8 2004
379 fixed numerical variable quoting compatibility with older wc
380 fixed stderr redirect bug
381 some comments in example.rdiff
383 version 0.3.3 -- Nov 10 2004
384 '*' (asterisk) works now in rdiff config files
385 works now with gawk as well as mawk
386 many bug fixes to ldap handler
387 paths to helper scripts can be configured in global config
388 does not require /usr/bin/stat
390 version 0.3.2 -- Sept 29 2004
391 handler scripts are no longer executable (to comply with debian policy)
392 handler error and warning messages are sent with the notify email
394 version 0.3.1 -- Sept 5 2004
396 moved sh support to a handler script
397 add test mode, where no action is taken.
399 force only root can read /etc/backup.d/*
400 fixed missing equals symbols in example.rdiff
401 changed backupninja executable to be /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin
403 version 0.3 -- Oct 20 2004
404 ** IMPORTANT ** all config files are now ini style, not apache style
405 rewrote all scripts in bash for portability
406 added drop-in backupninja lib directory (/usr/share/backupninja)
407 all scripts are now run as root
409 version 0.2 -- Oct 14 2004
410 move distribution folder ./cron.d to ./etc/cron.d
411 fixed bug: removed printr of excludes (!)
412 added support for changing the user/group in rdiff sources.
413 added support for .mysql config files.
415 version 0.1 -- Oct 8 2004