README.md

   1 butterbackup
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   4 Butterbackup is a backup system which stores snapshots in btrfs on a central server. A web gui allows for simple restore of files.
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   6 For now it is rather crude. To get started backing up some manual work is needed.
   7 Create /etc/butterbackup
   8 # echo "--exclude /tmp --exclude /proc --exclude /sys --exclude /dev" > /etc/butterbackup/machine1.example.com
   9 # cp /etc/butterbackup/machine1.example.com /etc/butterbackup/machine2.example.com
  10 # ssh-copy-id root@machine1.example.com
  11 # ssh-copy-id root@machine1.example.com
  12 # mkdir /mnt/data2
  13 # mkfs.btrfs /dev/sdb1
  14 # mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/data2  #hardcoded for now