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 Butterbackup is a backup system which stores snapshots in btrfs on a central server. A web gui allows for simple restore of files. 
 
 For now it is rather crude. To get started backing up some manual work is needed.
-As root do the following:
 <pre lang="bash"><code>
-mkdir /etc/butterbackup
-echo "--exclude /tmp --exclude /proc --exclude /sys --exclude /dev" > /etc/butterbackup/machine1.example.com
-cp /etc/butterbackup/machine1.example.com /etc/butterbackup/machine2.example.com
-ssh-copy-id root@machine1.example.com
-ssh-copy-id root@machine2.example.com
-mkdir /mnt/data2
-mkfs.btrfs /dev/sdb1
-mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/data2  #hardcoded for now
+Create /etc/butterbackup
+# cat > /etc/butterbackup/default.cfg
+[DEFAULT]
+exclude = /proc/, /sys, /tmp, /dev, /run
+store_dir = /mnt/data
+keep=10
+(ctrl-d to exit)
+# touch /etc/butterbackup/machine1.example.com
+# touch /etc/butterbackup/machine2.example.com
+# ssh-copy-id root@machine1.example.com
+# ssh-copy-id root@machine2.example.com
+# mkdir /mnt/data
+# mkfs.btrfs /dev/sdb1
+# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/data
+</code></pre>
+
+To override the default setting for a specific host do:
+<pre lang="bash"><code>
+cat > /etc/butterbackup/machine1.example.com
+[host]
+exclude = /proc/, /sys, /tmp, /dev, /run, /home/mikael/.gvfs, /.snapshots
+keep=20
 </code></pre>