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 . Added quoting because it was needed to prevent shell expansion, broking the
14 toint function sometimes (Closes: Trac#11)
15 . Fixed reportspace option (Closes: 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)
24 . Fixed ninjahelper to properly set compress option, standardized on yes/no
26 . Fixed problem that caused combination of slapcat and compress to not work
27 together (Closes: Trac#29)
29 . Added an examples file (Closes: Trac#23)
31 . Fixed case where odd combination of configuration options caused sqldump
32 backups to get overwritten with an empty file (Closes: #402679)
33 . Added 'nodata' option to enable you to specify tables that you want to omit
34 the data from a backup, but still backup the table structure. This is very
35 useful in cases where tables contain large amounts of cache data. See the
36 example.mysql for options, thanks Daniel Bonniot (Closes: #408829)
37 . Enhance code for selecting databases by asking MySQL not to give us the
38 header (-N), to not draw pretty boxes around the output (-B), send the query
39 via -e instead of a pipe and ensure MySQL listens to -B. Thanks to
40 Matthew Palmer (Closes: #452039).
42 . Support configuring PGSQLUSER for real, and document it a bit; this
43 broken support actually prevented pgsql handler to work for VServers
46 . Added cstream support to allow for bandwidth limiting
47 . Handle "keep = yes" to disable old backups removal (Closes: #424633)
48 . Add configuration option to allow you to disable the version check
49 as in some instances this may be an ok scenario (Closes: #424632)
50 . Added local destination support to helper (Closes: Trac#4)
52 . Fixed typo in rub handler that caused it to not work
53 . Changed to use lib/vserver code
55 . Fixed integer comparison (Closes: Trac#3)
56 . Renamed handler to 'rsync', replaces outdated rub handler
57 . updated examples/Makefile.am and handlers/Makefile.am to include
58 rsnap/rsync (Closes: #440554)
59 . Added example.rsync configuration file
61 . Fixed typo breaking things for VServers.
62 . Fix bug when vrootdir is on its own partition (Closes: #395928)
63 . Better sfdisk error and output handling: should now properly warn
64 when it does not manage to backup a partition table, and shut up when
65 it succeeds (Closes: #396632)
66 . Added option to not use sfdisk at all, useful for vserver/xen instances
67 that produce warnings about no harddisks found (Closes: #404071)
68 . Fixed example in example.sys to detail the __star__ in partitionsfile and
69 note why its necessary (Closes: #409192)
70 . Force C locale for sfdisk to ensure english words are found in grep
71 . Make directory where output is placed configurable, and create the parent dir
72 if it doesn't exist (Closes: Trac#1)
73 fixed 'make install' bug that failed if /etc/backup.d already existed
74 changed spaces to tabs in Makefile.am
77 version 0.9.4 -- October 6th, 2006
79 . Fixed bug in toint(), and thus isnow(), which caused it
80 to not work when run from cron.
81 . Recursively ignore subdirs in /etc/backup.d (Closes: #361102)
82 . Add admingroup option to configuration to allow a group that can
83 read/write configurations (instead of only allowing root). Checks
84 and complains about group-readable files only when the group differs
85 from the one in the configuration file (default is root as before).
86 Thanks to Martin Krafft for the patch (Closes: #370396).
87 . When determining which backup actions to make, find now follows
88 symlinks for $configdirectory
89 . Changed order of -s to mail for compatibility
90 . fixed permission stat call so it uses the --format supported by
91 coreutils (Closes: #382747)
92 . Added disk space report option (thanks Adam Kosmin)
97 . rotated rsync snapshops
98 . code from paulv@bikkel.org
100 . alternative to rsnap
101 . code from rhatto@riseup.net
103 . Fixed improper use of $vuserhome (Closes: #351083)
104 . Fixed erroneous removal of tmpfile when it didn't exit
105 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
106 . Fixed su quote usage to be more posixy
107 . Compress for sqldumps now happens in-line to save some disk space (Closes: #370778)
108 . Fixed --defaults-file now as --defaults-extra-file (thanks rhatto)
110 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
111 . Fixed su quote usage to be more posixy
112 . Fixed shell expansion, thanks Thomas Kotzian (Closes: #363297)
113 . postgres user UID is now the one from inside the vserver if necessary
114 . Compress now happens in-line to save some disk space (Closes: #370778)
115 . $PGSQLUSER is used instead of hardcoding user 'postgres' (although this is the default)
117 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
119 . Symlink and globbing support in include/exclude/vsinclude
120 clarification: globbing is fully supported again, whereas no attempt
121 is done to dereference symlinks anymore, due to incompatibilities
122 between various readlink versions in this field.
123 . Removed overzealous vsnames check
124 . Now works if testconnect=no and if $test is not defined.
125 . add $sshoptions config parameter in [dest] section of config so
126 connections to ports other than 22 can be made by adding the
127 following to the top of the handler config:
128 options = --remote-schema 'ssh -p REMOTE-PORT -C %s rdiff-backup
131 . Symlink and globbing support in include/exclude/vsinclude
132 clarification: globbing is fully supported again, whereas no attempt
133 is done to dereference symlinks anymore, due to incompatibilities
134 between various readlink versions in this field.
135 . Removed over zealous vsnames check
136 . Does not pretend anymore that duplicity can work without
138 . Support duplicity 0.4.2 (with Debian patches applied; upstream's
139 0.4.3 will integrate them); documented how to write sftp-compatible
140 sshoptions (Closes: #388543)
141 . Now forbid to (try to) include /.
143 . Many more system checks were added, (thanks to Petr Klíma)
144 . Added warning if no devices were found (thanks Ranier Zocholl)
145 . Enhanced debian package selections to include purged packages (thanks
147 . Removed warning about vserver not running (thanks anarcat)
149 . Compress now happens in-line to save some disk space (Closes: #370778)
151 . Added nicelevel option (thanks rhatto)
153 . fixed problem when src was set to the trac repo directly (Closes: #382737)
156 . init_vservers: fixed Debian bug #351083 (improper readlink syntax)
157 . found_vservers: escaped special grep repetition character +
158 . forced mktemp to use a template with a name to be more compatible with
159 different versions of mktemp, thanks anarcat
161 . Recursively ignore subdirs in /etc/backup.d (Closes: #361102)
162 . Fix configdirectory error that forced you to use /etc/backup.d, thanks anarcat
163 . When determining which backup actions to list, find now follows
164 symlinks for $configdirectory
165 . Stop checking helpers perms: both "make install" and distros packages
166 install them with appropriate permissions, it's overzealous to check
167 this at runtime, and is more complicated to do with current
170 . Fix: signing was enabled with symmetric encryption.
171 changed cron permissions to 644
172 changed /etc/backup.d permissions to 0770 (for admingroup)
173 minor documentation fixes
174 improved RPM build process allowing 'make rpm-package' and 'make
175 srpm-package' targets, also fixes permissions on man directories,
176 cleans up RPM-related files during distclean, and adds default
177 EDITOR for "autogen.sh -f" if none is set. (thanks Robert Napier)
179 version 0.9.3 -- February 1st, 2006
183 . added (commented out) the various default paths to
184 programs such as PGSQLDUMP, so that users can figure
185 out more easily they can customize them
187 . now uses vservers lib to initialize vservers support
189 duplicity, mysql, pgsql, rdiff, svn, sys: start to use (at different
190 degrees) new lib/vserver functionality
192 . fixed no user defaults file processing
194 . fixed (again...) globbing in include and exclude options (Debian bug
195 #348022, follow-up to #338796)
196 . warn if vsnames or vsinclude is enabled while vservers support is
197 disabled in backupninja.conf
198 . now works when multiple vservers names are given (separated by space)
199 in vsnames config variable
201 . fixed globbing bug in include, exclude and vsinclude options
202 . it's now possible to choose exactly which vservers should be
203 backed-up, as it already was with duplicity handler, with the
204 "vsnames" configuration setting
207 . fixed errors in create remote dir
208 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
209 . fixed bug which caused only first include/exclude dir to
211 . fixed globbing bug with exclude
213 . now reports error if the helper script has a syntax error or bombs out.
214 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
217 . init_vservers: improved VROOTDIR detection
218 . init_vservers: test in a stricter way the real vservers availability
219 . init_vservers: canonicalize VROOTDIR (since duplicity et al.
220 don't follow symlinks)
221 . init_vservers: warn if vservers are enabled but no vserver is found
222 . new function: vservers_exist
225 . formDisplay does not return exit status.
227 version 0.9.2 -- December 29, 2005
229 fixed broken toint() which caused when "everyday" problems
230 backupninja.conf.5 updated to include "when" and "vservers"
232 . moved to lib/ some code that has to be shared between
233 backupninja and ninjahelper
236 . mkdir subdirectory problem fixed
238 . globbing support fixed in include and exclude options
239 . different signing and encrypting key support added
240 . fixed erroneous comments in example.dup about the way
241 GnuPG-related options are used
243 . handler vserver bugs fixed and debug output enhanced
244 ninjahelper(s) changes
245 vserver-related functions added to lib/vservers.in
246 added man/ninjahelper.1 man page
248 . was missing in Makefile.am/.in
250 . used to expand '*' in default source directories
251 . the "Cancel" buttons used to have a weird behaviour
252 . updated to include Vserver selection
254 . forbid the user to choose an empty database set
255 . "Cancel" button now does what it is meant to do
257 . enhanced for vserver support
258 . now able to select databases and dump directory
260 . new handler added (with Vserver support)
262 version 0.9.1 -- November 05 2005
263 rearranged source so that it is relocatable with autotools
264 (thanks to Petr Klíma petr.klima@madeta-group.cz)
265 fixed many bugs in rdiff helper
266 rdiff handler does not require 'label' (for real this time?)
267 added makecd ninjahelper
268 (thanks to Stefani stefani@riseup.net)
269 made ninjahelper create files with mode 600 rather than 000
270 changed subversion handler to use svnadmin hotcopy instead of
271 the unsupported hot-copy.py script, which was moved in Debian
272 update rdiff ninjahelper
273 now detects and auto-install rdiff-backup on the remote
274 machine if possible, also tests the remote backup directory
275 and offers to create it if it doesn't exist
277 version 0.9 -- October 19 2005
278 *** IMPORTANT CHANGE, UPGRADE AT ONCE ***
279 fixed insecure temporary file creation
280 *****************************************
281 removed erroneous magic file marker in pgsql handler
282 fixed incorrect find positional
283 changed direct grep of /etc/passwd to getent passwd.
284 rdiff helper has much better information on failed ssh attempt
285 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
286 rdiff handler now supports remote source and local dest.
287 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
288 man pages are greatly improved.
290 version 0.8 -- September 15 2005
291 added pgsql (PostgreSQL) handler, with vservers support.
292 added vservers support to duplicity handler
293 Note: the configuration is a bit different than the rdiff
294 handler's one, but the default behavior is the same:
295 have a look at example.dup.
297 documented .disabled method.
298 corrected VROOTDIR default value.
299 added ninjahelper to the install instructions.
300 improved rdiff, dup and sys handlers' vservers support
301 prevent vserver-debiantools' $VROOTDIR/ARCHIVES directory
302 to be seen as a vserver
303 changes to sys handler
304 make use of configurable $VSERVERINFO instead of hard-coded vserver-info.
305 fixed dpkg existence test inside vserver.
307 changes to pgsql handler
308 now checks if the specified vserver is running.
309 now checks if $PGSQLDUMP/$PGSQLDUMPALL are available where needed.
310 now checks if "postgres" user exists on the host/vserver.
311 changes to ninjahelper
312 check_perms() does not die anymore on group/world readable
313 helper scripts (now consistent with the "helper scripts
314 must not be group or world writable!" error msg).
315 xedit action now tries $EDITOR, then /etc/alternatives/editor,
316 then nano, vim and vi, and aborts if none of these exists.
317 added helper for pgsql handler.
318 rdiff handler now does not require 'label'
319 changes to mysql and svn handlers' vservers support
320 these handlers now check if the source vserver is running
321 added 'ignores' for mysql handler. (thanks Daniel.Bonniot@inria.fr)
323 version 0.7 -- July 26 2005
324 added ninjahelper: a dialog based wizard for creating backupninja configs.
325 considerably improved and changed the log file output.
326 you can now disable actions with .disabled (this is new preferred method).
327 added makecd handler and example.makecd for backing up to cd/dvd (thanks stef).
328 fixed bug when specifying multiple 'when' options.
330 version 0.6 -- June 16 2005
331 ldap handler has new options: backup method to use (ldapsearch or
332 slapcat), restart, passwordfile and binddn. Default backup method
333 is set to ldapsearch as this is safer
334 ******************************************************************
335 NOTE: to get the previous default behavior with the ldap handler,
336 you must set "method = slapcat". The new default is ldapsearch.
337 ******************************************************************
338 implemented fix so that the main script will echo fatal errors rather
339 than being silent about them, this means an error message every hour
340 if there is a major configuration problem (not a handler problem)
341 added vserver support to main script and to the handlers: mysql, svn, sys, rdiff
342 changes to duplicity handler (thanks intrigeri!):
343 "keep = yes" now disables file cleaning on desthost
344 added "sign" option for backups signing
345 added "encryptkey" option to specify the gpg key to use
346 split config into [source], [gpg] and [dest] sections
347 added "nicelevel" option
348 added "testconnect" option
349 added "sshoptions" option (will be passed to ssh/scp)
350 added "bandwidthlimit" option
351 example.dup example config file for duplicity handler
352 added trac (http://trac.edgewall.com/) environment handler (thanks Charles Lepple!)
353 added configfile option to mysql handler
354 the default is /etc/mysql/debian.cnf. with this,
355 sqldump doesn't need dbusername. (hotcopy still does).
356 fixed bug in mysql handler which caused some passwords to not work.
357 (.my.cnf files now have double quotes around password)
358 can now pass options to hwinfo and sfdisk in sys handler.
360 version 0.5 -- April 12 2005
361 rdiff handler works when remote sshd has a banner
362 rdiff handler supports local dest
363 logfile is created if it doesn't exist
364 added "when = hourly"
365 added optional 'nicelevel' to rdiff handler
366 fixed bug where actions were not run in numeric order.
367 improved 'when' parsing.
369 version 0.4.4 -- March 18 2005
370 results of handlers are now read line by line.
371 changes to rdiff handler: added "options", and "keep" is
372 not necessarily days now (ie, it will pass straight through to
373 rdiff-backup if the keep has a unit on it, otherwise it adds the 'D').
374 added dup handler (still pretty beta)
375 added maildir handler (very specialized handler)
376 added --run option (runs the specified action file)
377 improved sys handler, now uses hwinfo
378 added subversion hotbackup handler, svn.
379 added PATH to cron.d file, which fixes file not found errors.
381 version 0.4.2 -- Jan 6 2005
382 fixed bug which caused a report email to be sent even if no actions were run.
383 fixed bug where multiple handler status messages were ignored
384 added status in the subject line of report emails
386 version 0.4.1 -- Jan 3 2005
387 added $usecolors and now more conservative about when colors are echoed.
388 fixed major bug, 'when' actually works now.
389 replaced debug function with debug, info, warning, error, fatal.
390 added --now option to force all actions to be performed now.
392 version 0.4 -- Dec 26 2004
393 added "when" option, so that all configs can specify when
395 added reportsuccess and reportwarning config options
396 added .sys handler (hardware, packages, partitions).
398 version 0.3.4 -- Dec 8 2004
399 fixed numerical variable quoting compatibility with older wc
400 fixed stderr redirect bug
401 some comments in example.rdiff
403 version 0.3.3 -- Nov 10 2004
404 '*' (asterisk) works now in rdiff config files
405 works now with gawk as well as mawk
406 many bug fixes to ldap handler
407 paths to helper scripts can be configured in global config
408 does not require /usr/bin/stat
410 version 0.3.2 -- Sept 29 2004
411 handler scripts are no longer executable (to comply with debian policy)
412 handler error and warning messages are sent with the notify email
414 version 0.3.1 -- Sept 5 2004
416 moved sh support to a handler script
417 add test mode, where no action is taken.
419 force only root can read /etc/backup.d/*
420 fixed missing equals symbols in example.rdiff
421 changed backupninja executable to be /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin
423 version 0.3 -- Oct 20 2004
424 ** IMPORTANT ** all config files are now ini style, not apache style
425 rewrote all scripts in bash for portability
426 added drop-in backupninja lib directory (/usr/share/backupninja)
427 all scripts are now run as root
429 version 0.2 -- Oct 14 2004
430 move distribution folder ./cron.d to ./etc/cron.d
431 fixed bug: removed printr of excludes (!)
432 added support for changing the user/group in rdiff sources.
433 added support for .mysql config files.
435 version 0.1 -- Oct 8 2004