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+.TH BACKUPNINJA 1 "October 10, 2005" "riseup" "backupninja package"
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+.SH NAME
+BACKUPNINJA \- A lightweight, extensible meta-backup system
+.br
+.I
+"a silent flower blossom death strike to lost data."
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B "backupninja [ \-h ] [ \-d ] [ \-n ] [ \-t ] [ \-f filename ] [ \-\-run filename ]"
+.br
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B Backupninja
+allows you to coordinate system backups by dropping a few
+simple configuration files into /etc/backup.d/. Most programs you
+might use for making backups don't have their own configuration file
+format. Backupninja provides a centralized way to configure and
+coordinate many different backup utilities.
+.PP
+
+.SH FEATURES
+.IP - 2
+easy to read ini style configuration files.
+.IP -
+you can drop in scripts to handle new types of backups.
+.IP -
+backup actions can be scheduled.
+.IP -
+you can choose when status report emails are mailed to you (always, on warning, on error, never).
+.IP -
+console-based wizard (ninjahelper) makes it easy to create backup action configuration files.
+.IP -
+passwords are never sent via the command line to helper programs.
+.IP -
+in order to backup a db or sql database, you cannot simply copy database files. backupninja helps you safely export the data to a format which you can backup.
+.IP -
+works with Linux-Vservers.
+
+.B Backup types include:
+.IP - 2
+secure, remote, incremental filesytem backup (via rdiff-backup). incremental data is compressed. permissions are retained even with an unpriviledged backup user.
+.IP -
+basic system and hardware information.
+.IP -
+encrypted remote backups (via duplicity).
+.IP -
+safe backup of MySQL, PostgreSQL, OpenLDAP, and subversion databases.
+.IP -
+burn CD/DVDs or create ISOs.
+
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+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.B \-h, \-\-help
+Show summary of options
+.TP
+.B \-d, \-\-debug
+Run in debug mode, where all log messages are output to the current shell.
+.TP
+.B \-f, \-\-conffile CONF_FILE
+Use CONF_FILE for the main configuration instead of /etc/backupninja.conf
+.TP
+.B \-t, \-\-test
+Run in test mode, no actions are actually taken.
+.TP
+.B \-n, \-\-now
+Perform actions now, instead of when they might be scheduled.
+.TP
+.B \-\-run ACTION_FILE
+Runs the action configuration ACTION_FILE and exits.
+
+.SH CONFIGURATION
+
+General settings are configured in /etc/backupninja.conf. In this file you
+can set the log level and change the default directory locations. See \fBbackupnina.conf(5)\fP.
+
+To preform the actual backup actions, backupninja processes each action configuration file in
+/etc/backup.d according to the file's suffix. See \fBbackup.d(5)\fP.
+
+.SH EXAMPLE USAGE
+.TP
+Backupninja can be used to impliment whatever backup strategy you choose. It is intended, however, to be used like so:
+.TP
+First, databases are safely copied or exported to /var/backups. Often, you cannot make a file backup of a database while it is in use, hence the need to use special tools to make a safe copy or export into /var/backups.
+.TP
+Then, vital parts of the file system, including /var/backups, are nightly pushed to a remote, off-site, hard disk (using rdiff-backup). The local user is root, but the remote user is not privileged. Hopefully, the remote filesystem is encrypted.
+.TP
+In order for this to work (ie for diff-backup to run unattended), you must create ssh keys on the source server and copy the public key to the remote user's authorized keys file. For example:
+.br
+root@srchost# ssh-keygen -t dsa
+.br
+root@srchost# ssh-copy-id -i /root/.ssh/id_dsa.pub backup@desthost
+.TP
+Now, you should be able to ssh from user 'root' on srchost to user 'backup' on desthost without specifying a password. When prompted for a password by ssh-keygen, just leave it blank by hitting return. The "wizard" \fBninjahelper(1)\fP will walk you through these steps.
+
+.SH FILES
+.PD 0
+\fB/usr/sbin/backupninja\fP main script
+.br
+\fB/etc/backupninja.conf\fP main configuration file; general options
+.br
+\fB/etc/cron.d/backupninja\fP runs main script hourly
+.br
+\fB/etc/logrotate.d/backupninja\fP rotates backupninja.log
+.br
+\fB/etc/backup.d\fP directory for configuration files
+.br
+\fB/usr/share/backupninja\fP directory for handler scripts
+.br
+\fB/usr/share/doc/backupninja/examples\fP example action configuration files.
+.br
+.PD
+
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR ninjahelper (1),
+.BR backupninja.conf (5),
+.BR backup.d (5),
+.br
+.SH AUTHOR
+BACKUPNINJA was written by the riseup.net collective.
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