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)
27 . Added 'nodata' option to enable you to specify tables that you want to omit
28 the data from a backup, but still backup the table structure. This is very
29 useful in cases where tables contain large amounts of cache data. See the
30 example.mysql for options, thanks Daniel Bonniot (Closes: #408829)
31 . Enhance code for selecting databases by asking MySQL not to give us the
32 header (-N), to not draw pretty boxes around the output (-B), send the query
33 via -e instead of a pipe and ensure MySQL listens to -B. Thanks to
34 Matthew Palmer (Closes: #452039).
36 . Support configuring PGSQLUSER for real, and document it a bit; this
37 broken support actually prevented pgsql handler to work for VServers
40 . Added cstream support to allow for bandwidth limiting
41 . Handle "keep = yes" to disable old backups removal (Closes: #424633)
42 . Add configuration option to allow you to disable the version check
43 as in some instances this may be an ok scenario (Closes: #424632)
45 . Fixed typo in rub handler that caused it to not work
46 . Changed to use lib/vserver code
48 . Fixed integer comparison (Closes: Trac#3)
49 . Renamed handler to 'rsync', replaces outdated rub handler
50 . updated examples/Makefile.am and handlers/Makefile.am to include
51 rsnap/rsync (Closes: #440554)
52 . Added example.rsync configuration file
54 . Fixed typo breaking things for VServers.
55 . Fix bug when vrootdir is on its own partition (Closes: #395928)
56 . Better sfdisk error and output handling: should now properly warn
57 when it does not manage to backup a partition table, and shut up when
58 it succeeds (Closes: #396632)
59 . Added option to not use sfdisk at all, useful for vserver/xen instances
60 that produce warnings about no harddisks found (Closes: #404071)
61 . Fixed example in example.sys to detail the __star__ in partitionsfile and
62 note why its necessary (Closes: #409192)
63 . Force C locale for sfdisk to ensure english words are found in grep
64 fixed 'make install' bug that failed if /etc/backup.d already existed
65 changed spaces to tabs in Makefile.am
68 version 0.9.4 -- October 6th, 2006
70 . Fixed bug in toint(), and thus isnow(), which caused it
71 to not work when run from cron.
72 . Recursively ignore subdirs in /etc/backup.d (Closes: #361102)
73 . Add admingroup option to configuration to allow a group that can
74 read/write configurations (instead of only allowing root). Checks
75 and complains about group-readable files only when the group differs
76 from the one in the configuration file (default is root as before).
77 Thanks to Martin Krafft for the patch (Closes: #370396).
78 . When determining which backup actions to make, find now follows
79 symlinks for $configdirectory
80 . Changed order of -s to mail for compatibility
81 . fixed permission stat call so it uses the --format supported by
82 coreutils (Closes: #382747)
83 . Added disk space report option (thanks Adam Kosmin)
88 . rotated rsync snapshops
89 . code from paulv@bikkel.org
91 . alternative to rsnap
92 . code from rhatto@riseup.net
94 . Fixed improper use of $vuserhome (Closes: #351083)
95 . Fixed erroneous removal of tmpfile when it didn't exit
96 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
97 . Fixed su quote usage to be more posixy
98 . Compress for sqldumps now happens in-line to save some disk space (Closes: #370778)
99 . Fixed --defaults-file now as --defaults-extra-file (thanks rhatto)
101 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
102 . Fixed su quote usage to be more posixy
103 . Fixed shell expansion, thanks Thomas Kotzian (Closes: #363297)
104 . postgres user UID is now the one from inside the vserver if necessary
105 . Compress now happens in-line to save some disk space (Closes: #370778)
106 . $PGSQLUSER is used instead of hardcoding user 'postgres' (although this is the default)
108 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
110 . Symlink and globbing support in include/exclude/vsinclude
111 clarification: globbing is fully supported again, whereas no attempt
112 is done to dereference symlinks anymore, due to incompatibilities
113 between various readlink versions in this field.
114 . Removed overzealous vsnames check
115 . Now works if testconnect=no and if $test is not defined.
116 . add $sshoptions config parameter in [dest] section of config so
117 connections to ports other than 22 can be made by adding the
118 following to the top of the handler config:
119 options = --remote-schema 'ssh -p REMOTE-PORT -C %s rdiff-backup
122 . Symlink and globbing support in include/exclude/vsinclude
123 clarification: globbing is fully supported again, whereas no attempt
124 is done to dereference symlinks anymore, due to incompatibilities
125 between various readlink versions in this field.
126 . Removed over zealous vsnames check
127 . Does not pretend anymore that duplicity can work without
129 . Support duplicity 0.4.2 (with Debian patches applied; upstream's
130 0.4.3 will integrate them); documented how to write sftp-compatible
131 sshoptions (Closes: #388543)
132 . Now forbid to (try to) include /.
134 . Many more system checks were added, (thanks to Petr Klíma)
135 . Added warning if no devices were found (thanks Ranier Zocholl)
136 . Enhanced debian package selections to include purged packages (thanks
138 . Removed warning about vserver not running (thanks anarcat)
140 . Compress now happens in-line to save some disk space (Closes: #370778)
142 . Added nicelevel option (thanks rhatto)
144 . fixed problem when src was set to the trac repo directly (Closes: #382737)
147 . init_vservers: fixed Debian bug #351083 (improper readlink syntax)
148 . found_vservers: escaped special grep repetition character +
149 . forced mktemp to use a template with a name to be more compatible with
150 different versions of mktemp, thanks anarcat
152 . Recursively ignore subdirs in /etc/backup.d (Closes: #361102)
153 . Fix configdirectory error that forced you to use /etc/backup.d, thanks anarcat
154 . When determining which backup actions to list, find now follows
155 symlinks for $configdirectory
156 . Stop checking helpers perms: both "make install" and distros packages
157 install them with appropriate permissions, it's overzealous to check
158 this at runtime, and is more complicated to do with current
161 . Fix: signing was enabled with symmetric encryption.
162 changed cron permissions to 644
163 changed /etc/backup.d permissions to 0770 (for admingroup)
164 minor documentation fixes
165 improved RPM build process allowing 'make rpm-package' and 'make
166 srpm-package' targets, also fixes permissions on man directories,
167 cleans up RPM-related files during distclean, and adds default
168 EDITOR for "autogen.sh -f" if none is set. (thanks Robert Napier)
170 version 0.9.3 -- February 1st, 2006
174 . added (commented out) the various default paths to
175 programs such as PGSQLDUMP, so that users can figure
176 out more easily they can customize them
178 . now uses vservers lib to initialize vservers support
180 duplicity, mysql, pgsql, rdiff, svn, sys: start to use (at different
181 degrees) new lib/vserver functionality
183 . fixed no user defaults file processing
185 . fixed (again...) globbing in include and exclude options (Debian bug
186 #348022, follow-up to #338796)
187 . warn if vsnames or vsinclude is enabled while vservers support is
188 disabled in backupninja.conf
189 . now works when multiple vservers names are given (separated by space)
190 in vsnames config variable
192 . fixed globbing bug in include, exclude and vsinclude options
193 . it's now possible to choose exactly which vservers should be
194 backed-up, as it already was with duplicity handler, with the
195 "vsnames" configuration setting
198 . fixed errors in create remote dir
199 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
200 . fixed bug which caused only first include/exclude dir to
202 . fixed globbing bug with exclude
204 . now reports error if the helper script has a syntax error or bombs out.
205 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
208 . init_vservers: improved VROOTDIR detection
209 . init_vservers: test in a stricter way the real vservers availability
210 . init_vservers: canonicalize VROOTDIR (since duplicity et al.
211 don't follow symlinks)
212 . init_vservers: warn if vservers are enabled but no vserver is found
213 . new function: vservers_exist
216 . formDisplay does not return exit status.
218 version 0.9.2 -- December 29, 2005
220 fixed broken toint() which caused when "everyday" problems
221 backupninja.conf.5 updated to include "when" and "vservers"
223 . moved to lib/ some code that has to be shared between
224 backupninja and ninjahelper
227 . mkdir subdirectory problem fixed
229 . globbing support fixed in include and exclude options
230 . different signing and encrypting key support added
231 . fixed erroneous comments in example.dup about the way
232 GnuPG-related options are used
234 . handler vserver bugs fixed and debug output enhanced
235 ninjahelper(s) changes
236 vserver-related functions added to lib/vservers.in
237 added man/ninjahelper.1 man page
239 . was missing in Makefile.am/.in
241 . used to expand '*' in default source directories
242 . the "Cancel" buttons used to have a weird behaviour
243 . updated to include Vserver selection
245 . forbid the user to choose an empty database set
246 . "Cancel" button now does what it is meant to do
248 . enhanced for vserver support
249 . now able to select databases and dump directory
251 . new handler added (with Vserver support)
253 version 0.9.1 -- November 05 2005
254 rearranged source so that it is relocatable with autotools
255 (thanks to Petr Klíma petr.klima@madeta-group.cz)
256 fixed many bugs in rdiff helper
257 rdiff handler does not require 'label' (for real this time?)
258 added makecd ninjahelper
259 (thanks to Stefani stefani@riseup.net)
260 made ninjahelper create files with mode 600 rather than 000
261 changed subversion handler to use svnadmin hotcopy instead of
262 the unsupported hot-copy.py script, which was moved in Debian
263 update rdiff ninjahelper
264 now detects and auto-install rdiff-backup on the remote
265 machine if possible, also tests the remote backup directory
266 and offers to create it if it doesn't exist
268 version 0.9 -- October 19 2005
269 *** IMPORTANT CHANGE, UPGRADE AT ONCE ***
270 fixed insecure temporary file creation
271 *****************************************
272 removed erroneous magic file marker in pgsql handler
273 fixed incorrect find positional
274 changed direct grep of /etc/passwd to getent passwd.
275 rdiff helper has much better information on failed ssh attempt
276 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
277 rdiff handler now supports remote source and local dest.
278 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
279 man pages are greatly improved.
281 version 0.8 -- September 15 2005
282 added pgsql (PostgreSQL) handler, with vservers support.
283 added vservers support to duplicity handler
284 Note: the configuration is a bit different than the rdiff
285 handler's one, but the default behavior is the same:
286 have a look at example.dup.
288 documented .disabled method.
289 corrected VROOTDIR default value.
290 added ninjahelper to the install instructions.
291 improved rdiff, dup and sys handlers' vservers support
292 prevent vserver-debiantools' $VROOTDIR/ARCHIVES directory
293 to be seen as a vserver
294 changes to sys handler
295 make use of configurable $VSERVERINFO instead of hard-coded vserver-info.
296 fixed dpkg existence test inside vserver.
298 changes to pgsql handler
299 now checks if the specified vserver is running.
300 now checks if $PGSQLDUMP/$PGSQLDUMPALL are available where needed.
301 now checks if "postgres" user exists on the host/vserver.
302 changes to ninjahelper
303 check_perms() does not die anymore on group/world readable
304 helper scripts (now consistent with the "helper scripts
305 must not be group or world writable!" error msg).
306 xedit action now tries $EDITOR, then /etc/alternatives/editor,
307 then nano, vim and vi, and aborts if none of these exists.
308 added helper for pgsql handler.
309 rdiff handler now does not require 'label'
310 changes to mysql and svn handlers' vservers support
311 these handlers now check if the source vserver is running
312 added 'ignores' for mysql handler. (thanks Daniel.Bonniot@inria.fr)
314 version 0.7 -- July 26 2005
315 added ninjahelper: a dialog based wizard for creating backupninja configs.
316 considerably improved and changed the log file output.
317 you can now disable actions with .disabled (this is new preferred method).
318 added makecd handler and example.makecd for backing up to cd/dvd (thanks stef).
319 fixed bug when specifying multiple 'when' options.
321 version 0.6 -- June 16 2005
322 ldap handler has new options: backup method to use (ldapsearch or
323 slapcat), restart, passwordfile and binddn. Default backup method
324 is set to ldapsearch as this is safer
325 ******************************************************************
326 NOTE: to get the previous default behavior with the ldap handler,
327 you must set "method = slapcat". The new default is ldapsearch.
328 ******************************************************************
329 implemented fix so that the main script will echo fatal errors rather
330 than being silent about them, this means an error message every hour
331 if there is a major configuration problem (not a handler problem)
332 added vserver support to main script and to the handlers: mysql, svn, sys, rdiff
333 changes to duplicity handler (thanks intrigeri!):
334 "keep = yes" now disables file cleaning on desthost
335 added "sign" option for backups signing
336 added "encryptkey" option to specify the gpg key to use
337 split config into [source], [gpg] and [dest] sections
338 added "nicelevel" option
339 added "testconnect" option
340 added "sshoptions" option (will be passed to ssh/scp)
341 added "bandwidthlimit" option
342 example.dup example config file for duplicity handler
343 added trac (http://trac.edgewall.com/) environment handler (thanks Charles Lepple!)
344 added configfile option to mysql handler
345 the default is /etc/mysql/debian.cnf. with this,
346 sqldump doesn't need dbusername. (hotcopy still does).
347 fixed bug in mysql handler which caused some passwords to not work.
348 (.my.cnf files now have double quotes around password)
349 can now pass options to hwinfo and sfdisk in sys handler.
351 version 0.5 -- April 12 2005
352 rdiff handler works when remote sshd has a banner
353 rdiff handler supports local dest
354 logfile is created if it doesn't exist
355 added "when = hourly"
356 added optional 'nicelevel' to rdiff handler
357 fixed bug where actions were not run in numeric order.
358 improved 'when' parsing.
360 version 0.4.4 -- March 18 2005
361 results of handlers are now read line by line.
362 changes to rdiff handler: added "options", and "keep" is
363 not necessarily days now (ie, it will pass straight through to
364 rdiff-backup if the keep has a unit on it, otherwise it adds the 'D').
365 added dup handler (still pretty beta)
366 added maildir handler (very specialized handler)
367 added --run option (runs the specified action file)
368 improved sys handler, now uses hwinfo
369 added subversion hotbackup handler, svn.
370 added PATH to cron.d file, which fixes file not found errors.
372 version 0.4.2 -- Jan 6 2005
373 fixed bug which caused a report email to be sent even if no actions were run.
374 fixed bug where multiple handler status messages were ignored
375 added status in the subject line of report emails
377 version 0.4.1 -- Jan 3 2005
378 added $usecolors and now more conservative about when colors are echoed.
379 fixed major bug, 'when' actually works now.
380 replaced debug function with debug, info, warning, error, fatal.
381 added --now option to force all actions to be performed now.
383 version 0.4 -- Dec 26 2004
384 added "when" option, so that all configs can specify when
386 added reportsuccess and reportwarning config options
387 added .sys handler (hardware, packages, partitions).
389 version 0.3.4 -- Dec 8 2004
390 fixed numerical variable quoting compatibility with older wc
391 fixed stderr redirect bug
392 some comments in example.rdiff
394 version 0.3.3 -- Nov 10 2004
395 '*' (asterisk) works now in rdiff config files
396 works now with gawk as well as mawk
397 many bug fixes to ldap handler
398 paths to helper scripts can be configured in global config
399 does not require /usr/bin/stat
401 version 0.3.2 -- Sept 29 2004
402 handler scripts are no longer executable (to comply with debian policy)
403 handler error and warning messages are sent with the notify email
405 version 0.3.1 -- Sept 5 2004
407 moved sh support to a handler script
408 add test mode, where no action is taken.
410 force only root can read /etc/backup.d/*
411 fixed missing equals symbols in example.rdiff
412 changed backupninja executable to be /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin
414 version 0.3 -- Oct 20 2004
415 ** IMPORTANT ** all config files are now ini style, not apache style
416 rewrote all scripts in bash for portability
417 added drop-in backupninja lib directory (/usr/share/backupninja)
418 all scripts are now run as root
420 version 0.2 -- Oct 14 2004
421 move distribution folder ./cron.d to ./etc/cron.d
422 fixed bug: removed printr of excludes (!)
423 added support for changing the user/group in rdiff sources.
424 added support for .mysql config files.
426 version 0.1 -- Oct 8 2004