--run FILE Runs the specified action FILE (e.g. one of the /etc/backup.d/ files).
Also puts backupninja in debug mode.
+NINJAHELPER
+===========
+
+Ninjahelper is an additional script which will walk you through the process of
+configuring backupninja. Ninjahelper has a menu driven curses based interface
+(using dialog).
+
+To add an additional 'wizard' to ninjahelper, follow these steps:
+
+(1) to add a helper for the handler "blue", create the file
+ blue.helper in the directory where the handlers live.
+ (ie /usr/share/backupninja).
+
+(2) next, you need to add your helper to the global HELPERS variable
+ and define the main function for your helper (the function name
+ is always <helper>_wizard). for example, blue.helper:
+ HELPERS="$HELPERS blue:description_of_this_helper"
+ blue_wizard() {
+ ... do work here ...
+ }
+
+(3) look at the existing helpers to see how they are written. Try to re-use
+ functions, such as the dialog functions that are defined in easydialog.sh,
+ or the vserver functions defined in lib/vserver.
+
+(4) test, re-test, and test again. Try to break the helper by going backwards,
+ try to think like someone who has no idea how to configure your handler
+ would think, try to make your helper as simple as possible. Walk like a cat,
+ become your shadow, don't let your senses betray you.
+
+
CONFIGURATION FILES
===================
Web Services is needed to use duplicity with S3 (Debian package: python-boto).
-INSTALLATION
-============
-
-Requirements:
- apt-get install bash gawk
-
-Recommended:
- apt-get install rdiff-backup gzip hwinfo
-
-Files:
- /usr/sbin/backupninja -- main script
- /etc/cron.d/backupninja -- runs main script nightly
- /etc/logrotate.d/backupninja -- rotates backupninja.log
- /etc/backup.d/ -- directory for configuration files
- /etc/backupninja.conf -- general options
- /usr/share/backupninja -- handler scripts which do the actual work
-
-Installation:
- There is no install script, but you just need to move files to the
- correct locations. All files should be owned by root.
-
- # tar xvzf backupninja.tar.gz
- # cd backupninja
- # mv backupninja /usr/sbin/backupninja
- # mv ninjahelper /usr/sbin/ninjahelper
- # mv etc/logrotate.d/backupninja /etc/logrotate.d/backupninja
- # mv etc/cron.d/backupninja /etc/cron.d/backupninja
- # mkdir /etc/backup.d/
- # mv etc/backupninja.conf /etc/backupninja.conf
- # mv handlers /usr/share/backupninja
-
-
VSERVERS
========
VSERVER (default: /usr/sbin/vserver)
VROOTDIR (default: `$VSERVERINFO info SYSINFO |grep vserver-Rootdir | awk '{print $2}'`)
-NINJAHELPER
-===========
-
-Ninjahelper is an additional script which will walk you through the process of
-configuring backupninja. Ninjahelper has a menu driven curses based interface
-(using dialog).
-
-To add an additional 'wizard' to ninjahelper, follow these steps:
-
-(1) to add a helper for the handler "blue", create the file
- blue.helper in the directory where the handlers live.
- (ie /usr/share/backupninja).
-
-(2) next, you need to add your helper to the global HELPERS variable
- and define the main function for your helper (the function name
- is always <helper>_wizard). for example, blue.helper:
- HELPERS="$HELPERS blue:description_of_this_helper"
- blue_wizard() {
- ... do work here ...
- }
-
-(3) look at the existing helpers to see how they are written. Try to re-use
- functions, such as the dialog functions that are defined in easydialog.sh,
- or the vserver functions defined in lib/vserver.
-
-(4) test, re-test, and test again. Try to break the helper by going backwards,
- try to think like someone who has no idea how to configure your handler
- would think, try to make your helper as simple as possible. Walk like a cat,
- become your shadow, don't let your senses betray you.
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