README.md

   1 butterbackup
   2 ============
   3
   4 Butterbackup is a backup system which stores snapshots in btrfs on a central server. A web gui allows for simple restore of files.
   5
   6 For now it is rather crude. To get started backing up some manual work is needed.
   7 <pre lang="bash"><code>
   8 Create /etc/butterbackup
   9 # cat > /etc/butterbackup/default.cfg
  10 [DEFAULT]
  11 exclude = /proc/, /sys, /tmp, /dev, /run
  12 store_dir = /mnt/data
  13 keep=10
  14 (ctrl-d to exit)
  15 # touch /etc/butterbackup/machine1.example.com
  16 # touch /etc/butterbackup/machine2.example.com
  17 # ssh-copy-id root@machine1.example.com
  18 # ssh-copy-id root@machine2.example.com
  19 # mkdir /mnt/data
  20 # mkfs.btrfs /dev/sdb1
  21 # mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/data
  22 </code></pre>
  23
  24 To override the default setting for a specific host do:
  25 <pre lang="bash"><code>
  26 cat > /etc/butterbackup/machine1.example.com
  27 [host]
  28 exclude = /proc/, /sys, /tmp, /dev, /run, /home/mikael/.gvfs, /.snapshots
  29 keep=20
  30 </code></pre>