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On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 7:15 PM, <thelma@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Besides standard "data" backup, if I was to plan for a disaster |
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> recovery; what to include in a backup system if I was to rebuild a new box? |
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> - /etc |
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> - /var/lib/portage/world |
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> - /usr/src/linux/.config |
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> - /var/spool/fax/ (if needed) |
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> - /var/www/localhost/htdocs/ (if needed) |
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> - crontab (users and root) |
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Here is what I'm backing up to the cloud via duplicity (where storage |
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is expensive so I have a more selective set of rules here): |
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--include /boot --include /usercache --include /etc --include |
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/data/www --include /data/home --include /root --include |
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/var/lib/samba --include /var/spool/tftp --include /var/lib/cdcat |
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--include /var/bind --include /usr/local --include |
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/var/lib/portage/world --include /data/diskless/gentooinst64 --include |
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/data/diskless/mythliv2 --include /var/lib/bitcoin/.bitcoin/wallet.dat |
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--include /var/lib/quassel/ --include /var/lib/ --include |
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/data/sstorage3/containers/mariadb/ --include |
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/data/sstorage3/containers/vpn/ --include |
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/data/sstorage3/containers/ddclient/ --include |
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/data/sstorage3/containers/dns/ |
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(I realize that a lot of this references mountpoints that are useless |
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to you, but the end of the paths is probably good enough as a |
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checklist. Yes, I realize a few of those are redundant, but I suspect |
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they might get around exclusions.) |
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My excludes for these more expensive backups contain things like: |
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www cache directories for some apps |
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Trash directories |
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NNTP client caches |
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Download directories |
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~/.cache |
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mail client caches (I use IMAP) |
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bitcoin blockchains |
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mysql data directory (I separately run mysqldump and back that up) |
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.snapshots on volumes that use zfs/btrfs |
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/usr and /var/log on my containers |
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Any random /tmp that would otherwise be caught |
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In general I try to stick stuff I want to back up in /home, and stick |
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stuff I don't want to backup elsewhere and just symlink it into /home |
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where needed. The include/excludes just handle the random stuff where |
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this policy isn't practical. |
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Now, I also keep local backups of everything and the rules are much |
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more inclusive there. I just exclude things like /sys, /proc, |
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anything with a bind mount (so as to not save it twice), /usr/portage |
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(changes constantly, trivial to restore), all those .snapshots |
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directories, and the same sorts of things in chroots (but not |
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containers). |
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As far as the suggestion to use ansible/etc goes for things like /etc |
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- I certainly agree it is a best practice. |
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Rich |
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